Oriental Nights Color

#4b2c74

Oriental Nights is deep, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, warm cyan or warm red

Inverse Color #b4d38b
Complementary Color #55742c
Color Shade: warm blue (265.83° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 31.37% (better contrasting with white)
Oriental Nights Color Sample
Oriental Nights Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4b2c74

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Oriental Nights Color. The Lucid Dream color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Daisy Bush (#5b3e90) for more calm effect. Try Stormy Night as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#55742c is the best complementary color to Oriental Nights. Cool yellow shades generally complement the warm blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4b2c74 complementary color is Crete, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Minsk are #2c3074 and #6e2c74. Thus found on the left and right of #4b2c74 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Astronaut and Eminence colors as they work well with Oriental Nights.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Oriental Nights palette consists of #30742c and #746e2c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#55742c). Try Sea Green and Pesto colors in combination with #4b2c74, 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 #4b2c74 offers a combination of cool green and warm red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Oriental Nights. Thus Sea Green and Old Copper giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Oriental Nights contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Crete, Nutmeg, and Paradiso split by 90° on the color wheel. #4b2c74 square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool red, cool yellow and warm cyan 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. Oriental Nights tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#55742c) and two others. The Old Copper is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and San Juan – 120° from the complementary Crete. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #744a2c and #2c5574.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4b2c74 is made of 32% red, 19% green and 49% blue. In a HSL mode Oriental Nights has a hue angle of 265.83°, a saturation of 45% and a lightness of 31.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4b2c74 is made of 16.08% cyan, 28.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 54.51% black ink.

HEX #4b2c74
RGB Decimal rgb(75,44,116)
RGB Percentage 32%, 19%, 49%
CMYK 16.08, 28.24, 0, 54.51
HSL hsl(265.83,45%,31.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(265.83,62.07%,45.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(25.437,30.5226,-36.3278)
XYZ xyz(6.9547,4.5582,17.0363)
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