Comforting Grey Color

#c5c3b4

Comforting Grey is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #3a3c4b
Complementary Color #b4b6c5
Color Shade: warm yellow (52.94° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 73.92% (better contrasting with white)
Comforting Grey Color Sample
Comforting Grey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c5c3b4

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Comforting Grey Color. The Hot Stone color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Old Celadon (#a8a89d) for more calm effect. Try Ellie Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b4b6c5 is the best complementary color to Comforting Grey. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c5c3b4 complementary color is French Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Ash are #c5bab4 and #bec5b4. Thus found on the left and right of #c5c3b4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silver Rust and Green Spring colors as they work well with Comforting Grey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Comforting Grey palette consists of #bab4c5 and #b4bec5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b4b6c5). Try Chatelle and Submarine colors in combination with #c5c3b4, 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 #c5c3b4 offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Comforting Grey. Thus Chatelle and Submarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Comforting Grey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary French Gray, Powder Ash, and Pink Swan split by 90° on the color wheel. #c5c3b4 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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. Comforting Grey tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#b4b6c5) and two others. The Submarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cold Turkey – 120° from the complementary French Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b4c5c3 and #c5b4b6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c5c3b4 is made of 34% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Comforting Grey has a hue angle of 52.94°, a saturation of 12.78% and a lightness of 73.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c5c3b4 is made of 0% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 6.66% yellow and 22.75% black ink.

HEX #c5c3b4
RGB Decimal rgb(197,195,180)
RGB Percentage 34%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 0.78, 6.66, 22.75
HSL hsl(52.94,12.78%,73.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(52.94,8.63%,77.25%)
CIE-LAB lab(78.5758,-1.9408,7.7756)
XYZ xyz(50.7793,54.1958,50.9645)
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