Black Is Beautiful is calm, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green
| Inverse Color | #add |
| Complementary Color | #215555 |
| Color Shade: | mid red (0° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 23.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Black Is Beautiful Color. The Seal Brown color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Metallic Copper (#6e3d34) for more calm effect. Try Single Origin as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#215555 is the best complementary color to Black Is Beautiful. Warm cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #522 complementary color is Blue Dianne, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #55213b and #553b21. Thus found on the left and right of #522 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wine Berry and Irish Coffee colors as they work well with Black Is Beautiful.
The split-complementary Black Is Beautiful palette consists of #213b55 and #21553b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#215555). Try Cloud Burst and Everglade colors in combination with #522, 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 #522 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Black Is Beautiful. Thus Port Gore and Everglade giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Black Is Beautiful contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Dianne, Woodland, and Grape split by 90° on the color wheel. #522 square combo is a palette of mid red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Black Is Beautiful tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#215555) and two others. The Everglade is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Finn – 120° from the complementary Blue Dianne. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #215521 and #552155.
In a RGB color space, hex #552222 is made of 56% red, 22% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Black Is Beautiful has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 42.86% and a lightness of 23.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #552222 is made of 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 20% yellow and 66.67% black ink.
| HEX | #552222 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(85,34,34) |
| RGB Percentage | 56%, 22%, 22% |
| CMYK | 0, 20, 20, 66.67 |
| HSL | hsl(0,42.86%,23.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(0,60%,33.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(20.7925,23.7166,11.6837) |
| XYZ | xyz(4.6071,3.1908,1.8864) |