Honed Steel is pale, warm-toned shade of warm magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool green, cool blue or cool yellow
| Inverse Color | #79837c |
| Complementary Color | #7b867f |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (318° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 50.59% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Honed Steel Color. The Lively Light color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Berry Bliss (#9e8295) for more energetic effect. Try Berry Bright as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#7b867f is the best complementary color to Honed Steel. Cool green shades generally complement the warm magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #867c83 complementary color is Xanadu, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool magenta, warm magenta, and cool red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Suva Gray are #847b86 and #867b7d. Thus found on the left and right of #867c83 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mamba and Hurricane colors as they work well with Honed Steel.
The split-complementary Honed Steel palette consists of #7b8684 and #7d867b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7b867f). Try Gunsmoke and Stack colors in combination with #867c83, 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 #867c83 offers a combination of cool cyan and cool yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Honed Steel. Thus Rolling Stone and Bitter giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Honed Steel contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Xanadu, Friar Gray, and Storm Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #867c83 square combo is a palette of warm magenta, warm yellow, cool green and cool blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Honed Steel tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#7b867f) and two others. The Bitter is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Topaz – 120° from the complementary Xanadu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #83867b and #7f7b86.
In a RGB color space, hex #867c83 is made of 34% red, 32% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Honed Steel has a hue angle of 318°, a saturation of 3.97% and a lightness of 50.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #867c83 is made of 0% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 1.18% yellow and 47.45% black ink.
| HEX | #867c83 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(134,124,131) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 32%, 34% |
| CMYK | 0, 3.92, 1.18, 47.45 |
| HSL | hsl(318,3.97%,50.59%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(318,7.46%,52.55%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.0831,5.1499,-2.431) |
| XYZ | xyz(21.1359,21.1223,24.4358) |