Beautiful Darkness Color

#686d70

Beautiful Darkness is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #97928f
Complementary Color #706b68
Color Shade: cool cyan (202.5° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 42.35% (better contrasting with white)
Beautiful Darkness Color Sample
Beautiful Darkness Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #686d70

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Beautiful Darkness Color. The Garrison Grey color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Battle Blue (#74828f) for more energetic effect. Try Chain Gang Grey as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#706b68 is the best complementary color to Beautiful Darkness. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #686d70 complementary color is Flint, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Nevada are #68706f and #686970. Thus found on the left and right of #686d70 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Corduroy and Mid Gray colors as they work well with Beautiful Darkness.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Beautiful Darkness palette consists of #706f68 and #706869 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#706b68). Try Ironside Gray and Dove Gray colors in combination with #686d70, 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 #686d70 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Beautiful Darkness. Thus Storm Dust and Fedora giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Beautiful Darkness contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Flint, Salt Box, and Willow Grove split by 90° on the color wheel. #686d70 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm 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. Beautiful Darkness tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#706b68) and two others. The Fedora is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Corduroy – 120° from the complementary Flint. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #70686d and #68706b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #686d70 is made of 32% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Beautiful Darkness has a hue angle of 202.5°, a saturation of 3.7% and a lightness of 42.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #686d70 is made of 3.14% cyan, 1.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.08% black ink.

HEX #686d70
RGB Decimal rgb(104,109,112)
RGB Percentage 32%, 34%, 34%
CMYK 3.14, 1.17, 0, 56.08
HSL hsl(202.5,3.7%,42.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(202.5,7.14%,43.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.7029,-1.2613,-2.337)
XYZ xyz(14.1022,15.0502,17.4909)
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