Natural 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 | #757d78 |
| Complementary Color | #818a84 |
| Color Shade: | warm magenta (322.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 52.55% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Natural Steel Color. The Sultry Smoke color for instance is a darker 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 Lythrum as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#818a84 is the best complementary color to Natural 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 #8a8287 complementary color is Gunsmoke, 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 #88818a and #8a8183. Thus found on the left and right of #8a8287 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mamba and Hurricane colors as they work well with Natural Steel.
The split-complementary Natural Steel palette consists of #818a88 and #838a81 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#818a84). Try Gunsmoke and Stack colors in combination with #8a8287, 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 #8a8287 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 Natural Steel. Thus Oslo Gray and Bitter giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Natural Steel contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gunsmoke, Natural Gray, and Jumbo split by 90° on the color wheel. #8a8287 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. Natural Steel tetradic combo consists of cool green complementary color (#818a84) and two others. The Bitter is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Jumbo – 120° from the complementary Gunsmoke. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #878a81 and #84818a.
In a RGB color space, hex #8a8287 is made of 34% red, 32% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Natural Steel has a hue angle of 322.5°, a saturation of 3.31% and a lightness of 52.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8a8287 is made of 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 1.18% yellow and 45.88% black ink.
| HEX | #8a8287 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(138,130,135) |
| RGB Percentage | 34%, 32%, 33% |
| CMYK | 0, 3.14, 1.18, 45.88 |
| HSL | hsl(322.5,3.31%,52.55%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(322.5,5.8%,54.12%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.1935,3.9717,-1.6184) |
| XYZ | xyz(22.837,23.1178,26.1802) |