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Night Owl Split-complementary Color Scheme

Five colors arranged by the split-complementary rule around Night Owl (#5D7B89), each snapped to its nearest named color.

#5D7B89
#8E5565
#908456
#3A5760
#B48286

Color names and codes

NameHEXRGBHSLCMYK
Night Owl#5D7B8993, 123, 137199°, 19%, 45%32, 10, 0, 46
Pink Peppercorn#8E5565142, 85, 101343°, 25%, 45%0, 40, 29, 44
Mountain Olive#908456144, 132, 8648°, 25%, 45%0, 8, 40, 44
Kingfisher#3A576058, 87, 96194°, 25%, 30%40, 9, 0, 62
Retro Pink#B48286180, 130, 134355°, 25%, 61%0, 28, 26, 29

Which pairs work for text

Text on backgroundContrastWCAG
Aa #3A5760 on #B482862.39:1—
Aa #908456 on #3A57602.07:1—
Aa #8E5565 on #B482861.78:1—
Aa #5D7B89 on #3A57601.72:1—
Aa #8E5565 on #9084561.55:1—
Aa #5D7B89 on #B482861.39:1—

CSS variables

:root {
  --color-1: #5d7b89; /* Night Owl */
  --color-2: #8e5565; /* Pink Peppercorn */
  --color-3: #908456; /* Mountain Olive */
  --color-4: #3a5760; /* Kingfisher */
  --color-5: #b48286; /* Retro Pink */
}

Other schemes from Night Owl

More Medium Blue split-complementary palettes

Questions

What colors go with Night Owl?

In a split-complementary scheme: Pink Peppercorn (#8E5565), Mountain Olive (#908456), Kingfisher (#3A5760), Retro Pink (#B48286).

What is the hex code of Night Owl?

#5D7B89.