Marine Blue is soft, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta
| Inverse Color | #fec795 |
| Complementary Color | #6a3200 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (208.57° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 20.98% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Marine Blue Color. The Sea Paint color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Toy Submarine Blue (#005280) for more energetic effect. Try Silk Jewel as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6a3200 is the best complementary color to Marine Blue. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #01386a complementary color is Nutmeg Wood Finish, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Regal Blue are #006a67 and #00036a. Thus found on the left and right of #01386a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Stone and Navy Blue colors as they work well with Marine Blue.
The split-complementary Marine Blue palette consists of #6a6700 and #6a0003 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6a3200). Try Olive and Lonestar colors in combination with #01386a, 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 #01386a offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Marine Blue. Thus Verdun Green and Tyrian Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Marine Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Nutmeg Wood Finish, Ripe Plum, and Camarone split by 90° on the color wheel. #01386a square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Marine Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#6a3200) and two others. The Tyrian Purple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fun Green – 120° from the complementary Nutmeg Wood Finish. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6a0038 and #006a33.
In a RGB color space, hex #01386a is made of 1% red, 34% green and 65% blue. In a HSL mode Marine Blue has a hue angle of 208.57°, a saturation of 98.13% and a lightness of 20.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #01386a is made of 41.18% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 58.43% black ink.
| HEX | #01386a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(1,56,106) |
| RGB Percentage | 1%, 34%, 65% |
| CMYK | 41.18, 19.61, 0, 58.43 |
| HSL | hsl(208.57,98.13%,20.98%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(208.57,99.06%,41.57%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(23.2552,5.1222,-33.6742) |
| XYZ | xyz(4.0282,3.8754,14.1714) |