Burnished Metal is pale, warm-toned shade of warm green. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool magenta, warm red or cool blue
| Inverse Color | #373437 |
| Complementary Color | #cbc8cb |
| Color Shade: | warm green (120° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 79.02% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Burnished Metal Color. The Green Lily color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Recycled Glass (#b7c3b7) for more energetic effect. Try Paris White as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#cbc8cb is the best complementary color to Burnished Metal. Cool magenta shades generally complement the warm green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c8cbc8 complementary color is Pale Slate, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of yellow green, warm green, and cool green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pumice are #c9cbc8 and #c8cbc9. Thus found on the left and right of #c8cbc8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pumice and Pumice colors as they work well with Burnished Metal.
The split-complementary Burnished Metal palette consists of #cbc8c9 and #c9c8cb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cbc8cb). Try Pale Slate and French Gray colors in combination with #c8cbc8, 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 #c8cbc8 offers a combination of mid red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Burnished Metal. Thus Silver and French Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Burnished Metal contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pale Slate, Silver Sand, and Cloud split by 90° on the color wheel. #c8cbc8 square combo is a palette of warm green, blue cyan, cool magenta and warm red shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Burnished Metal tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#cbc8cb) and two others. The French Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gray Nickel – 120° from the complementary Pale Slate. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c8c8cb and #cbcbc8.
In a RGB color space, hex #c8cbc8 is made of 33% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Burnished Metal has a hue angle of 120°, a saturation of 2.8% and a lightness of 79.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c8cbc8 is made of 1.18% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.18% yellow and 20.39% black ink.
| HEX | #c8cbc8 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(200,203,200) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 34%, 33% |
| CMYK | 1.18, 0, 1.18, 20.39 |
| HSL | hsl(120,2.8%,79.02%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(120,1.48%,79.61%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.3802,-1.5745,1.1233) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.6007,59.1614,63.1324) |