Midnight Sun is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta
| Inverse Color | #b1a592 |
| Complementary Color | #6d614e |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (216.77° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 36.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Midnight Sun Color. The French Diamond color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Black River Falls (#343e54) for more energetic effect. Try Backwater as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6d614e is the best complementary color to Midnight Sun. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4e5a6d complementary color is Soya Bean, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Fiord are #4e696d and #514e6d. Thus found on the left and right of #4e5a6d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cutty Sark and Mulled Wine colors as they work well with Midnight Sun.
The split-complementary Midnight Sun palette consists of #696d4e and #6d514e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6d614e). Try Finch and Ferra colors in combination with #4e5a6d, 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 #4e5a6d 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 Midnight Sun. Thus Axolotl and Ferra giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Midnight Sun contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Soya Bean, Eggplant, and Finlandia split by 90° on the color wheel. #4e5a6d square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Midnight Sun tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#6d614e) and two others. The Ferra is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Como – 120° from the complementary Soya Bean. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6d4e5a and #4e6d61.
In a RGB color space, hex #4e5a6d is made of 28% red, 32% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Midnight Sun has a hue angle of 216.77°, a saturation of 16.58% and a lightness of 36.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4e5a6d is made of 12.16% cyan, 7.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 57.25% black ink.
| HEX | #4e5a6d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(78,90,109) |
| RGB Percentage | 28%, 32%, 39% |
| CMYK | 12.16, 7.46, 0, 57.25 |
| HSL | hsl(216.77,16.58%,36.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(216.77,28.44%,42.75%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(37.9072,0.1566,-12.3791) |
| XYZ | xyz(9.5584,10.0362,15.9014) |