Snoop Color

#49556c

Snoop is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #b6aa93
Complementary Color #6c6048
Color Shade: blue cyan (219.43° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 35.49% (better contrasting with white)
Snoop Color Sample
Snoop Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #49556c

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Snoop Color. The Sausalito Port color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Dark Room (#626d7b) for more calm effect. Try Shutter Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6c6048 is the best complementary color to Snoop. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #49556c complementary color is Tobacco Brown, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Fiord are #48666c and #4e486c. Thus found on the left and right of #49556c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Bayoux and Mulled Wine colors as they work well with Snoop.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Snoop palette consists of #666c48 and #6c4e48 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6c6048). Try Finch and Ferra colors in combination with #49556c, 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 #49556c offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Snoop. Thus Axolotl and Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Snoop contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tobacco Brown, Eggplant, and Axolotl split by 90° on the color wheel. #49556c square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Snoop tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#6c6048) and two others. The Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mineral Green – 120° from the complementary Tobacco Brown. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6c4854 and #486c60.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #49556c is made of 27% red, 32% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Snoop has a hue angle of 219.43°, a saturation of 19.34% and a lightness of 35.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #49556c is made of 13.72% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 57.65% black ink.

HEX #49556c
RGB Decimal rgb(73,85,108)
RGB Percentage 27%, 32%, 41%
CMYK 13.72, 9.02, 0, 57.65
HSL hsl(219.43,19.34%,35.49%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(219.43,32.41%,42.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(35.9769,1.3226,-14.735)
XYZ xyz(8.7029,8.9962,15.4651)
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