Cape Cod is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or warm blue
| Inverse Color | #b1aaad |
| Complementary Color | #554d50 |
| Color Shade: | green cyan (154.29° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 31.96% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cape Cod Color. The Dark Forest color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Molten Lead (#686a69) for more calm effect. Try Homburg Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#554d50 is the best complementary color to Cape Cod. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4e5552 complementary color is Emperor, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Nandor are #4d554e and #4d5455. Thus found on the left and right of #4e5552 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Nandor and Abbey colors as they work well with Cape Cod.
The split-complementary Cape Cod palette consists of #554e4d and #554d54 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#554d50). Try Emperor and Don Juan colors in combination with #4e5552, 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 #4e5552 offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cape Cod. Thus Fuscous Gray and Scarpa Flow giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cape Cod contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Emperor, Scarpa Flow, and Fuscous Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #4e5552 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Cape Cod tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#554d50) and two others. The Scarpa Flow is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gray Asparagus – 120° from the complementary Emperor. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #514d55 and #50554d.
In a RGB color space, hex #4e5552 is made of 32% red, 35% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Cape Cod has a hue angle of 154.29°, a saturation of 4.29% and a lightness of 31.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4e5552 is made of 2.74% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.17% yellow and 66.67% black ink.
| HEX | #4e5552 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(78,85,82) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 35%, 33% |
| CMYK | 2.74, 0, 1.17, 66.67 |
| HSL | hsl(154.29,4.29%,31.96%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(154.29,8.24%,33.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(35.4511,-3.4431,0.7888) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.9134,8.7259,9.2498) |