Pavement is pale, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow
| Inverse Color | #adb2af |
| Complementary Color | #4d524f |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (324° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 31.18% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Pavement Color. The Fireworks color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Priceless Purple (#46373f) for more energetic effect. Try Passionfruit Mauve as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#4d524f is the best complementary color to Pavement. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #524d50 complementary color is Nandor, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Emperor are #514d52 and #524d4d. Thus found on the left and right of #524d50 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gravel and Emperor colors as they work well with Pavement.
The split-complementary Pavement palette consists of #4d5251 and #4d524d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4d524f). Try Cape Cod and Gray Asparagus colors in combination with #524d50, 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 #524d50 offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pavement. Thus Abbey and Fuscous Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pavement contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Nandor, Fuscous Gray, and Abbey split by 90° on the color wheel. #524d50 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pavement tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#4d524f) and two others. The Fuscous Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Scarpa Flow – 120° from the complementary Nandor. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #50524d and #4f4d52.
In a RGB color space, hex #524d50 is made of 34% red, 32% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Pavement has a hue angle of 324°, a saturation of 3.14% and a lightness of 31.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #524d50 is made of 0% cyan, 1.96% magenta, 0.79% yellow and 67.84% black ink.
| HEX | #524d50 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(82,77,80) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 32%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 1.96, 0.79, 67.84 |
| HSL | hsl(324,3.14%,31.18%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(324,6.1%,32.16%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(33.309,2.6943,-1.0354) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.5815,7.6808,8.6724) |