Piccadilly Grey Color

#625d5d

Piccadilly Grey is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, violet or warm green

Inverse Color #9da2a2
Complementary Color #5d6161
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 37.45% (better contrasting with white)
Piccadilly Grey Color Sample
Piccadilly Grey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #625d5d

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Piccadilly Grey Color. The Wild Boysenberry color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Deep Serenity (#7f6968) for more energetic effect. Try Noble Robe as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#5d6161 is the best complementary color to Piccadilly Grey. 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 #625d5d complementary color is Corduroy, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Scorpion are #615d5f and #615f5d. Thus found on the left and right of #625d5d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scorpion and Chicago colors as they work well with Piccadilly Grey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Piccadilly Grey palette consists of #5d5f61 and #5d615f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5d6161). Try Shuttle Gray and Corduroy colors in combination with #625d5d, 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 #625d5d 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 Piccadilly Grey. Thus Mid Gray and Finlandia giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Piccadilly Grey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Corduroy, Storm Dust, and Scarpa Flow split by 90° on the color wheel. #625d5d square combo is a palette of mid red, cool yellow, warm cyan and violet 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. Piccadilly Grey tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#5d6161) and two others. The Finlandia is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Scorpion – 120° from the complementary Corduroy. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5d615d and #615d61.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #625d5d is made of 35% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Piccadilly Grey has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 2.62% and a lightness of 37.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #625d5d is made of 0% cyan, 1.96% magenta, 1.96% yellow and 61.57% black ink.

HEX #625d5d
RGB Decimal rgb(98,93,93)
RGB Percentage 35%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 1.96, 1.96, 61.57
HSL hsl(0,2.62%,37.45%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,5.1%,38.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.9414,1.9963,0.7085)
XYZ xyz(10.9271,11.2157,11.9448)
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