Seared Grey Color

#495157

Seared Grey is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #b6aea8
Complementary Color #574f48
Color Shade: cool cyan (205.71° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 31.37% (better contrasting with white)
Seared Grey Color Sample
Seared Grey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #495157

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Seared Grey Color. The Payne's Grey color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Distance (#566a73) for more energetic effect. Try Sky Lodge as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#574f48 is the best complementary color to Seared Grey. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #495157 complementary color is Fuscous Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Abbey are #485756 and #484957. Thus found on the left and right of #495157 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Nandor and Trout colors as they work well with Seared Grey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Seared Grey palette consists of #575648 and #574849 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#574f48). Try Fuscous Gray and Emperor colors in combination with #495157, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #495157 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Seared Grey. Thus Gray Asparagus and Don Juan giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Seared Grey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fuscous Gray, Mortar, and Gray Asparagus split by 90° on the color wheel. #495157 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Seared Grey tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#574f48) and two others. The Don Juan is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Nandor – 120° from the complementary Fuscous Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #574850 and #48574f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #495157 is made of 30% red, 34% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Seared Grey has a hue angle of 205.71°, a saturation of 8.75% and a lightness of 31.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #495157 is made of 5.49% cyan, 2.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 65.88% black ink.

HEX #495157
RGB Decimal rgb(73,81,87)
RGB Percentage 30%, 34%, 36%
CMYK 5.49, 2.36, 0, 65.88
HSL hsl(205.71,8.75%,31.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(205.71,16.09%,34.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.9609,-1.7473,-4.5995)
XYZ xyz(7.4104,7.9894,10.1684)
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