New Steel 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 | #8c7a6a |
| Complementary Color | #958372 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (208.24° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 51.76% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to New Steel Color. The NYPD color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Deadwind Pass (#596d7f) for more energetic effect. Try Nevada as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#958372 is the best complementary color to New Steel. 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 #738595 complementary color is Arrowtown, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Slate Gray are #729594 and #727395. Thus found on the left and right of #738595 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Juniper and Waterloo colors as they work well with New Steel.
The split-complementary New Steel palette consists of #959472 and #957273 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#958372). Try Gurkha and Bazaar colors in combination with #738595, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #738595 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 New Steel. Thus Battleship Gray and Mountbatten Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of New Steel contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Arrowtown, Trendy Pink, and Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #738595 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. New Steel tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#958372) and two others. The Mountbatten Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oxley – 120° from the complementary Arrowtown. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #957284 and #729583.
In a RGB color space, hex #738595 is made of 29% red, 34% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode New Steel has a hue angle of 208.24°, a saturation of 13.82% and a lightness of 51.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #738595 is made of 13.33% cyan, 6.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 41.57% black ink.
| HEX | #738595 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(115,133,149) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 34%, 38% |
| CMYK | 13.33, 6.27, 0, 41.57 |
| HSL | hsl(208.24,13.82%,51.76%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(208.24,22.82%,58.43%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.6473,-2.8074,-10.7402) |
| XYZ | xyz(20.8826,22.5898,31.6934) |