Ending Navy Blue Color

#1c305c

Ending Navy Blue is soft, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #e3cfa3
Complementary Color #5b481c
Color Shade: blue cyan (221.25° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 23.53% (better contrasting with white)
Ending Navy Blue Color Sample
Ending Navy Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #1c305c

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Ending Navy Blue Color. The Assault color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Fish Net Blue (#1e446e) for more energetic effect. Try Theatre Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#5b481c is the best complementary color to Ending Navy Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #1c305c complementary color is West Coast, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Biscay are #1c4f5b and #281c5b. Thus found on the left and right of #1c305c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Nile Blue and Valhalla colors as they work well with Ending Navy Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ending Navy Blue palette consists of #4f5b1c and #5b281c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5b481c). Try Fern Frond and Espresso colors in combination with #1c305c, 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 #1c305c offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Ending Navy Blue. Thus Parsley and Wine Berry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ending Navy Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary West Coast, Wine Berry, and Green Pea split by 90° on the color wheel. #1c305c square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green 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. Ending Navy Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#5b481c) and two others. The Wine Berry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green Pea – 120° from the complementary West Coast. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5b1c30 and #1c5b48.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #1c305c is made of 17% red, 29% green and 55% blue. In a HSL mode Ending Navy Blue has a hue angle of 221.25°, a saturation of 53.33% and a lightness of 23.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #1c305c is made of 25.1% cyan, 17.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 63.92% black ink.

HEX #1c305c
RGB Decimal rgb(28,48,92)
RGB Percentage 17%, 29%, 55%
CMYK 25.1, 17.26, 0, 63.92
HSL hsl(221.25,53.33%,23.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(221.25,69.57%,36.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(20.5708,8.199,-28.7993)
XYZ xyz(3.4676,3.1335,10.5473)
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