Receding Night Color

#4a4e5c

Receding Night is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or cool red

Inverse Color #b5b1a3
Complementary Color #5c584a
Color Shade: cool blue (226.67° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 32.55% (better contrasting with white)
Receding Night Color Sample
Receding Night Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4a4e5c

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Receding Night Color. The Parisian Night color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Award Night (#54617d) for more energetic effect. Try British Shorthair as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5c584a is the best complementary color to Receding Night. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4a4e5c complementary color is Fuscous Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Trout are #4a565c and #4f4a5c. Thus found on the left and right of #4a4e5c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching River Bed and Scarpa Flow colors as they work well with Receding Night.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Receding Night palette consists of #575c4a and #5c4f4a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5c584a). Try Siam and Dorado colors in combination with #4a4e5c, 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 #4a4e5c offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Receding Night. Thus Gray Asparagus and Don Juan giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Receding Night contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fuscous Gray, Don Juan, and Nandor split by 90° on the color wheel. #4a4e5c square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool 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. Receding Night tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#5c584a) 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 #5c4a4d and #4a5c58.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4a4e5c is made of 30% red, 32% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Receding Night has a hue angle of 226.67°, a saturation of 10.84% and a lightness of 32.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4a4e5c is made of 7.06% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 63.92% black ink.

HEX #4a4e5c
RGB Decimal rgb(74,78,92)
RGB Percentage 30%, 32%, 38%
CMYK 7.06, 5.49, 0, 63.92
HSL hsl(226.67,10.84%,32.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(226.67,19.57%,36.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.3016,1.763,-8.7422)
XYZ xyz(7.4802,7.6773,11.2128)
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