Ghost Town Color

#beb6a8

Ghost Town is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #414957
Complementary Color #a8b0bd
Color Shade: orange (38.18° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 70.2% (better contrasting with white)
Ghost Town Color Sample
Ghost Town Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #beb6a8

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Ghost Town Color. The Shattell color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Over the Taupe (#b09d8a) for more energetic effect. Try Crocker Grove as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#a8b0bd is the best complementary color to Ghost Town. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #beb6a8 complementary color is Cadet Blue, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Nomad are #bdaba8 and #bbbda8. Thus found on the left and right of #beb6a8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silk and Eagle colors as they work well with Ghost Town.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ghost Town palette consists of #aba8bd and #a8bbbd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a8b0bd). Try Spun Pearl and Tower Gray colors in combination with #beb6a8, 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 #beb6a8 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Ghost Town. Thus Chatelle and Tower Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ghost Town contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cadet Blue, Norway, and Lily split by 90° on the color wheel. #beb6a8 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta 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. Ghost Town tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#a8b0bd) and two others. The Tower Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pink Swan – 120° from the complementary Cadet Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a8bdb5 and #bda8af.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #beb6a8 is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Ghost Town has a hue angle of 38.18°, a saturation of 14.47% and a lightness of 70.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #beb6a8 is made of 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 8.63% yellow and 25.49% black ink.

HEX #beb6a8
RGB Decimal rgb(190,182,168)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 3.14, 8.63, 25.49
HSL hsl(38.18,14.47%,70.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(38.18,11.58%,74.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.3368,0.4048,8.1266)
XYZ xyz(45.031,47.2302,43.7887)
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