Rhine Castle Color

#5f5e5f

Rhine Castle is pale, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool blue or warm yellow

Inverse Color #a0a1a0
Complementary Color #5e5f5e
Color Shade: cool magenta (300° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 37.06% (better contrasting with white)
Rhine Castle Color Sample
Rhine Castle Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5f5e5f

If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Rhine Castle Color. The Preservation Plum color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Grand Grape (#645764) for more energetic effect. Try Patina Violet as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#5e5f5e is the best complementary color to Rhine Castle. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5f5e5f complementary color is Corduroy, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool blue, cool magenta, and mid red colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Scorpion are #5e5e5f and #5f5e5e. Thus found on the left and right of #5f5e5f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scarpa Flow and Scorpion colors as they work well with Rhine Castle.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rhine Castle palette consists of #5e5f5e and #5e5f5e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5e5f5e). Try Corduroy and Corduroy colors in combination with #5f5e5f, 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 #5f5e5f offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Rhine Castle. Thus Corduroy and Storm Dust giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rhine Castle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Corduroy, Scorpion, and Scarpa Flow split by 90° on the color wheel. #5f5e5f square combo is a palette of cool magenta, mid red, warm green 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. Rhine Castle tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#5e5f5e) and two others. The Storm Dust is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Scarpa Flow – 120° from the complementary Corduroy. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5f5f5e and #5e5e5f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5f5e5f is made of 33% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Rhine Castle has a hue angle of 300°, a saturation of 0.53% and a lightness of 37.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5f5e5f is made of 0% cyan, 0.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 62.75% black ink.

HEX #5f5e5f
RGB Decimal rgb(95,94,95)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 0.39, 0, 62.75
HSL hsl(300,0.53%,37.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(300,1.05%,37.25%)
CIE-LAB lab(40.0225,0.6073,-0.4365)
XYZ xyz(10.7876,11.2645,12.4322)
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