Sunken Battleship Color

#51574f

Sunken Battleship is pale, warm-toned shade of yellow green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with violet, mid red or cool blue

Inverse Color #aea8b0
Complementary Color #554f57
Color Shade: yellow green (105° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 32.55% (better contrasting with white)
Sunken Battleship Color Sample
Sunken Battleship Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #51574f

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Sunken Battleship Color. The Nature Surrounds color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Wimbledon (#626d5b) for more energetic effect. Try Terrarium as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#554f57 is the best complementary color to Sunken Battleship. Violet shades generally complement the warm green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #51574f complementary color is Gravel, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool yellow, warm green, and mid green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Gray Asparagus are #55574f and #4f5751. Thus found on the left and right of #51574f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fuscous Gray and Nandor colors as they work well with Sunken Battleship.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sunken Battleship palette consists of #574f55 and #514f57 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#554f57). Try Don Juan and Scarpa Flow colors in combination with #51574f, 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 #51574f offers a combination of cool red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sunken Battleship. Thus Emperor and Abbey giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sunken Battleship contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gravel, Abbey, and Emperor split by 90° on the color wheel. #51574f square combo is a palette of warm green, cool cyan, violet and mid red 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. Sunken Battleship tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#554f57) and two others. The Abbey is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fuscous Gray – 120° from the complementary Gravel. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4f5157 and #57554f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #51574f is made of 33% red, 35% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Sunken Battleship has a hue angle of 105°, a saturation of 4.82% and a lightness of 32.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #51574f is made of 2.36% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 65.88% black ink.

HEX #51574f
RGB Decimal rgb(81,87,79)
RGB Percentage 33%, 35%, 32%
CMYK 2.36, 0, 3.14, 65.88
HSL hsl(105,4.82%,32.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(105,9.2%,34.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.2338,-4.0972,3.8284)
XYZ xyz(8.2128,9.1302,8.7266)
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