Turbulence is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, warm green or red magenta
| Inverse Color | #b1aba4 |
| Complementary Color | #5b554e |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (212.31° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 33.14% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Turbulence Color. The Nevada color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Scholarship (#586a7d) for more energetic effect. Try Dark Room as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#5b554e is the best complementary color to Turbulence. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4e545b complementary color is Fuscous Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Abbey are #4e5a5b and #4e4e5b. Thus found on the left and right of #4e545b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Abbey and Trout colors as they work well with Turbulence.
The split-complementary Turbulence palette consists of #5a5b4e and #5b4e4e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5b554e). Try Fuscous Gray and Don Juan colors in combination with #4e545b, 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 #4e545b 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 Turbulence. Thus Siam and Don Juan giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Turbulence contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fuscous Gray, Don Juan, and Gray Asparagus split by 90° on the color wheel. #4e545b square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Turbulence tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#5b554e) 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 #5b4e54 and #4e5b55.
In a RGB color space, hex #4e545b is made of 31% red, 33% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Turbulence has a hue angle of 212.31°, a saturation of 7.69% and a lightness of 33.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4e545b is made of 5.1% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 64.31% black ink.
| HEX | #4e545b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(78,84,91) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 33%, 36% |
| CMYK | 5.1, 2.75, 0, 64.31 |
| HSL | hsl(212.31,7.69%,33.14%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(212.31,14.29%,35.69%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(35.431,-0.747,-4.8888) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.2005,8.7157,11.1476) |