Fuel Town Color

#596472

Fuel Town is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #a69b8d
Complementary Color #726759
Color Shade: blue cyan (213.6° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 39.8% (better contrasting with white)
Fuel Town Color Sample
Fuel Town Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #596472

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Fuel Town Color. The Liquid Mercury color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Witchcraft (#474c50) for more calm effect. Try Dark Navy as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#726759 is the best complementary color to Fuel Town. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #596472 complementary color is Coffee, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Shuttle Gray are #597072 and #5a5972. Thus found on the left and right of #596472 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cutty Sark and Comet colors as they work well with Fuel Town.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fuel Town palette consists of #707259 and #725a59 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#726759). Try Kokoda and Russett colors in combination with #596472, 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 #596472 offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Fuel Town. Thus Willow Grove and Falcon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fuel Town contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Coffee, Old Lavender, and Finlandia split by 90° on the color wheel. #596472 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green 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. Fuel Town tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#726759) and two others. The Falcon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Corduroy – 120° from the complementary Coffee. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #725963 and #597267.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #596472 is made of 29% red, 33% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Fuel Town has a hue angle of 213.6°, a saturation of 12.32% and a lightness of 39.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #596472 is made of 9.81% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 55.29% black ink.

HEX #596472
RGB Decimal rgb(89,100,114)
RGB Percentage 29%, 33%, 38%
CMYK 9.81, 5.49, 0, 55.29
HSL hsl(213.6,12.32%,39.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(213.6,21.93%,44.71%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.9274,-0.8611,-9.29)
XYZ xyz(11.7143,12.4531,17.7059)
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