Black Elegance Color

#50484a

Black Elegance is pale, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, mid blue or yellow green

Inverse Color #afb7b5
Complementary Color #48504e
Color Shade: red magenta (345° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 29.8% (better contrasting with white)
Black Elegance Color Sample
Black Elegance Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #50484a

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Black Elegance Color. The Venous Blood Red color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Scorpion (#695f62) for more calm effect. Try Gǔ Tóng Hēi Copper as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#48504e is the best complementary color to Black Elegance. Warm cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #50484a complementary color is Cape Cod, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid magenta, red magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Emperor are #50484e and #504948. Thus found on the left and right of #50484a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Emperor and Emperor colors as they work well with Black Elegance.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Black Elegance palette consists of #484e50 and #485049 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#48504e). Try Abbey and Gray Asparagus colors in combination with #50484a, 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 #50484a offers a combination of blue cyan and yellow green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Black Elegance. Thus Abbey and Gray Asparagus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Black Elegance contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cape Cod, Fuscous Gray, and Abbey split by 90° on the color wheel. #50484a square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, warm cyan and mid blue 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. Black Elegance tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#48504e) and two others. The Gray Asparagus is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gravel – 120° from the complementary Cape Cod. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4a5048 and #4d4850.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #50484a is made of 35% red, 32% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Black Elegance has a hue angle of 345°, a saturation of 5.26% and a lightness of 29.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #50484a is made of 0% cyan, 3.13% magenta, 2.35% yellow and 68.63% black ink.

HEX #50484a
RGB Decimal rgb(80,72,74)
RGB Percentage 35%, 32%, 33%
CMYK 0, 3.13, 2.35, 68.63
HSL hsl(345,5.26%,29.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(345,10%,31.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.4274,3.7649,0.0205)
XYZ xyz(6.8617,6.8346,7.4361)
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