Subtle Night Sky Color

#554b4f

Subtle Night Sky is pale, warm-toned shade of red magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with green cyan, cool blue or yellow green

Inverse Color #aab4b0
Complementary Color #4b5551
Color Shade: red magenta (336° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 31.37% (better contrasting with white)
Subtle Night Sky Color Sample
Subtle Night Sky Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #554b4f

If you're looking for a similar red magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Subtle Night Sky Color. The Ephemera color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Exotic Eggplant (#705660) for more energetic effect. Try Scorpion as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4b5551 is the best complementary color to Subtle Night Sky. Green cyan shades generally complement the red magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #554b4f complementary color is Nandor, 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 #554b54 and #554c4b. Thus found on the left and right of #554b4f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Don Juan and Emperor colors as they work well with Subtle Night Sky.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Subtle Night Sky palette consists of #4b5455 and #4b554c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4b5551). Try Abbey and Nandor colors in combination with #554b4f, 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 #554b4f 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 Subtle Night Sky. Thus Abbey and Gray Asparagus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Subtle Night Sky contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Nandor, Fuscous Gray, and Abbey split by 90° on the color wheel. #554b4f square combo is a palette of red magenta, mid yellow, green cyan and cool 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. Subtle Night Sky tetradic combo consists of green cyan complementary color (#4b5551) and two others. The Gray Asparagus is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gravel – 120° from the complementary Nandor. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4f554b and #514b55.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #554b4f is made of 36% red, 31% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Subtle Night Sky has a hue angle of 336°, a saturation of 6.25% and a lightness of 31.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #554b4f is made of 0% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 2.35% yellow and 66.67% black ink.

HEX #554b4f
RGB Decimal rgb(85,75,79)
RGB Percentage 36%, 31%, 33%
CMYK 0, 3.92, 2.35, 66.67
HSL hsl(336,6.25%,31.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(336,11.76%,33.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(32.9798,4.9819,-0.8468)
XYZ xyz(7.6737,7.528,8.4457)
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