Navy Cosmos is pale, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or warm yellow
| Inverse Color | #afc4ac |
| Complementary Color | #3e533b |
| Color Shade: | cool magenta (292.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 27.84% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Navy Cosmos Color. The Vintner color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Sunset Purple (#6f456e) for more energetic effect. Try Zeus Palace as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#3e533b is the best complementary color to Navy Cosmos. 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 #503b53 complementary color is Tom Thumb, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Voodoo are #443b53 and #533b49. Thus found on the left and right of #503b53 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mulled Wine and Matterhorn colors as they work well with Navy Cosmos.
The split-complementary Navy Cosmos palette consists of #3b5344 and #49533b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#3e533b). Try Mineral Green and Kelp colors in combination with #503b53, 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 #503b53 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 Navy Cosmos. Thus Mineral Green and Hemlock giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Navy Cosmos contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tom Thumb, Kabul, and Limed Spruce split by 90° on the color wheel. #503b53 square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Navy Cosmos tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#3e533b) and two others. The Hemlock is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bright Gray – 120° from the complementary Tom Thumb. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #53503b and #3b3d53.
In a RGB color space, hex #503b53 is made of 36% red, 27% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Navy Cosmos has a hue angle of 292.5°, a saturation of 16.9% and a lightness of 27.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #503b53 is made of 1.18% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 67.45% black ink.
| HEX | #503b53 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(80,59,83) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 27%, 37% |
| CMYK | 1.18, 9.41, 0, 67.45 |
| HSL | hsl(292.5,16.9%,27.84%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(292.5,28.92%,32.55%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(28.0015,14.1088,-10.9263) |
| XYZ | xyz(6.4336,5.4579,8.898) |