Pantomime is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or cool red
| Inverse Color | #525045 |
| Complementary Color | #b9b7ad |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (230.77° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 70.39% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Pantomime Color. The Memorize color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Bay Fog (#9899b0) for more energetic effect. Try Urban Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#b9b7ad is the best complementary color to Pantomime. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #adafba complementary color is Tide, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Spun Pearl are #adb5b9 and #b1adb9. Thus found on the left and right of #adafba on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hit Gray and Spun Pearl colors as they work well with Pantomime.
The split-complementary Pantomime palette consists of #b5b9ad and #b9b1ad colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b9b7ad). Try Green Spring and Tide colors in combination with #adafba, 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 #adafba offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pantomime. Thus Green Spring and Nobel giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pantomime contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tide, Pink Swan, and Edward split by 90° on the color wheel. #adafba square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pantomime tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#b9b7ad) and two others. The Nobel is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Edward – 120° from the complementary Tide. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b9adae and #adb9b7.
In a RGB color space, hex #adafba is made of 32% red, 33% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Pantomime has a hue angle of 230.77°, a saturation of 8.61% and a lightness of 70.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #adafba is made of 5.1% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black ink.
| HEX | #adafba |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(173,175,186) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 33%, 35% |
| CMYK | 5.1, 4.31, 0, 27.06 |
| HSL | hsl(230.77,8.61%,70.39%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(230.77,6.99%,72.94%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.6156,1.4433,-5.8565) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.4265,43.0894,52.588) |