Heavy Metal Armor Color

#888a8e

Heavy Metal Armor is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #777571
Complementary Color #8e8c88
Color Shade: blue cyan (220° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 54.51% (better contrasting with white)
Heavy Metal Armor Color Sample
Heavy Metal Armor Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #888a8e

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Heavy Metal Armor Color. The Raven color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Ice Blue Grey (#717787) for more energetic effect. Try Soulful Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#8e8c88 is the best complementary color to Heavy Metal Armor. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #888a8e complementary color is Natural Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Oslo Gray are #888d8e and #89888e. Thus found on the left and right of #888a8e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Oslo Gray and Jumbo colors as they work well with Heavy Metal Armor.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Heavy Metal Armor palette consists of #8d8e88 and #8e8988 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8e8c88). Try Lemon Grass and Schooner colors in combination with #888a8e, 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 #888a8e offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Heavy Metal Armor. Thus Stack and Suva Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Heavy Metal Armor contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Natural Gray, Monsoon, and Stack split by 90° on the color wheel. #888a8e square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Heavy Metal Armor tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#8e8c88) and two others. The Suva Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gunsmoke – 120° from the complementary Natural Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8e888a and #888e8c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #888a8e is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Heavy Metal Armor has a hue angle of 220°, a saturation of 2.59% and a lightness of 54.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #888a8e is made of 2.36% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #888a8e
RGB Decimal rgb(136,138,142)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 34%
CMYK 2.36, 1.57, 0, 44.31
HSL hsl(220,2.59%,54.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(220,4.23%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(57.4286,0.0718,-2.3964)
XYZ xyz(24.1243,25.3642,29.2155)
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