North Island Color

#bcb6b4

North Island is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #43494b
Complementary Color #b4babc
Color Shade: mid red (15° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 72.16% (better contrasting with white)
North Island Color Sample
North Island Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bcb6b4

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to North Island Color. The Boiling Mud color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Truly Taupe (#ac9e97) for more energetic effect. Try Desert Echo as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#b4babc is the best complementary color to North Island. Cool cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bcb6b4 complementary color is Silver Sand, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Nobel are #bcb4b6 and #bcbab4. Thus found on the left and right of #bcb6b4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pink Swan and Cotton Seed colors as they work well with North Island.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary North Island palette consists of #b4b6bc and #b4bcba colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b4babc). Try Bombay and Powder Ash colors in combination with #bcb6b4, 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 #bcb6b4 offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the North Island. Thus French Gray and Pumice giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of North Island contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Silver Sand, Green Spring, and Chatelle split by 90° on the color wheel. #bcb6b4 square combo is a palette of mid red, warm green, cool cyan and violet 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. North Island tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#b4babc) and two others. The Pumice is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pale Slate – 120° from the complementary Silver Sand. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b4bcb6 and #bcb4ba.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bcb6b4 is made of 34% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode North Island has a hue angle of 15°, a saturation of 5.63% and a lightness of 72.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bcb6b4 is made of 0% cyan, 2.36% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 26.27% black ink.

HEX #bcb6b4
RGB Decimal rgb(188,182,180)
RGB Percentage 34%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 2.36, 3.14, 26.27
HSL hsl(15,5.63%,72.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(15,4.26%,73.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.472,1.7577,1.7596)
XYZ xyz(45.7052,47.4426,49.9284)
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