Apple Herb Black is pale, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow
| Inverse Color | #b4bdb8 |
| Complementary Color | #424b46 |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (326.67° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 27.65% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Apple Herb Black Color. The Sinful color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Mauve Brown (#62595f) for more calm effect. Try Thunder as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#424b46 is the best complementary color to Apple Herb Black. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4b4247 complementary color is Cape Cod, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tundora are #4a424b and #4b4242. Thus found on the left and right of #4b4247 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gravel and Tundora colors as they work well with Apple Herb Black.
The split-complementary Apple Herb Black palette consists of #424b4a and #424b42 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#424b46). Try Cape Cod and Lunar Green colors in combination with #4b4247, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #4b4247 offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Apple Herb Black. Thus Mako and Cabbage Pont giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Apple Herb Black contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cape Cod, Fuscous Gray, and Mako split by 90° on the color wheel. #4b4247 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Apple Herb Black tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#424b46) and two others. The Cabbage Pont is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Ship Gray – 120° from the complementary Cape Cod. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #474b42 and #46424b.
In a RGB color space, hex #4b4247 is made of 35% red, 31% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Apple Herb Black has a hue angle of 326.67°, a saturation of 6.38% and a lightness of 27.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4b4247 is made of 0% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 1.57% yellow and 70.59% black ink.
| HEX | #4b4247 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(75,66,71) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 31%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 3.53, 1.57, 70.59 |
| HSL | hsl(326.67,6.38%,27.65%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(326.67,12%,29.41%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(29.0237,4.8768,-1.6227) |
| XYZ | xyz(5.9872,5.8472,6.7743) |