Knight's Armor Color

#5c5d5d

Knight's Armor is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, warm green or cool magenta

Inverse Color #a3a2a2
Complementary Color #5d5c5c
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 36.27% (better contrasting with white)
Knight's Armor Color Sample
Knight's Armor Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5c5d5d

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Knight's Armor Color. The Spacebox color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called All Nighter (#455454) for more energetic effect. Try Brooding Storm as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#5d5c5c is the best complementary color to Knight's Armor. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5c5d5d complementary color is Scorpion, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm green, warm cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Corduroy are #5c5d5c and #5c5c5d. Thus found on the left and right of #5c5d5d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Finlandia and Scarpa Flow colors as they work well with Knight's Armor.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Knight's Armor palette consists of #5d5c5c and #5d5c5c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5d5c5c). Try Scorpion and Scorpion colors in combination with #5c5d5d, 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 #5c5d5d offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Knight's Armor. Thus Chicago and Scorpion giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Knight's Armor contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Scorpion, Scarpa Flow, and Finlandia split by 90° on the color wheel. #5c5d5d square combo is a palette of warm cyan, cool blue, mid red and warm 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. Knight's Armor tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#5d5c5c) and two others. The Scorpion is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Finlandia – 120° from the complementary Scorpion. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5d5c5d and #5c5d5c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5c5d5d is made of 33% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Knight's Armor has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 0.54% and a lightness of 36.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5c5d5d is made of 0.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 63.53% black ink.

HEX #5c5d5d
RGB Decimal rgb(92,93,93)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0.39, 0, 0, 63.53
HSL hsl(180,0.54%,36.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,1.08%,36.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.4019,-0.3924,-0.1437)
XYZ xyz(10.3038,10.8943,11.9157)
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