Metal Color

#babfbc

Metal is pale, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, warm yellow or warm blue

Inverse Color #454043
Complementary Color #bfbabc
Color Shade: cool green (144° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 73.92% (better contrasting with white)
Metal Color Sample
Metal Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #babfbc

If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Metal Color. The Life Aquatic color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Rainsong (#acbdb1) for more energetic effect. Try Silt Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bfbabc is the best complementary color to Metal. Red magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #babfbc complementary color is Pale Slate, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pumice are #babfba and #babfbe. Thus found on the left and right of #babfbc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pumice and Silver Sand colors as they work well with Metal.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Metal palette consists of #bfbaba and #bebabf colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bfbabc). Try Silver and Chatelle colors in combination with #babfbc, 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 #babfbc offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Metal. Thus Cotton Seed and French Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Metal contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pale Slate, French Gray, and Gray Nickel split by 90° on the color wheel. #babfbc square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, red magenta and warm yellow 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. Metal tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#bfbabc) and two others. The French Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green Spring – 120° from the complementary Pale Slate. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bcbabf and #bcbfba.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #babfbc is made of 33% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Metal has a hue angle of 144°, a saturation of 3.76% and a lightness of 73.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #babfbc is made of 1.96% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.17% yellow and 25.1% black ink.

HEX #babfbc
RGB Decimal rgb(186,191,188)
RGB Percentage 33%, 34%, 33%
CMYK 1.96, 0, 1.17, 25.1
HSL hsl(144,3.76%,73.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(144,2.62%,74.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(76.8794,-2.2873,0.8971)
XYZ xyz(47.9576,51.3315,54.9573)
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