Extravagance Color

#4e4850

Extravagance is pale, cool-toned shade of violet. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or warm yellow

Inverse Color #b1b7af
Complementary Color #495048
Color Shade: violet (285° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 29.8% (better contrasting with white)
Extravagance Color Sample
Extravagance Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4e4850

If you're looking for a similar violet shade, there are some better alternatives to Extravagance Color. The Muscat Grape color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Plush Purple (#5d4a61) for more energetic effect. Try Excalibur as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#495048 is the best complementary color to Extravagance. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4e4850 complementary color is Gray Asparagus, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Gravel are #4a4850 and #50484d. Thus found on the left and right of #4e4850 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ship Gray and Emperor colors as they work well with Extravagance.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Extravagance palette consists of #48504a and #4d5048 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#495048). Try Nandor and Fuscous Gray colors in combination with #4e4850, 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 #4e4850 offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Extravagance. Thus Cape Cod and Fuscous Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Extravagance contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gray Asparagus, Emperor, and Abbey split by 90° on the color wheel. #4e4850 square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool 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. Extravagance tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#495048) and two others. The Fuscous Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Abbey – 120° from the complementary Gray Asparagus. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #504e48 and #484950.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4e4850 is made of 34% red, 31% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Extravagance has a hue angle of 285°, a saturation of 5.26% and a lightness of 29.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4e4850 is made of 0.78% cyan, 3.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 68.63% black ink.

HEX #4e4850
RGB Decimal rgb(78,72,80)
RGB Percentage 34%, 31%, 35%
CMYK 0.78, 3.13, 0, 68.63
HSL hsl(285,5.26%,29.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(285,10%,31.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.4251,4.2346,-3.8582)
XYZ xyz(6.9072,6.8336,8.5444)
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