Cello is calm, 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 | #e1c7a4 |
| Complementary Color | #5b401d |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (214.43° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 23.73% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cello Color. The Celestial Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Singing the Blues (#2b4d68) for more calm effect. Try Kinetic Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5b401d is the best complementary color to Cello. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #1e385b complementary color is Metallic Bronze, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Cello are #1d565b and #221d5b. Thus found on the left and right of #1e385b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Dianne and Valhalla colors as they work well with Cello.
The split-complementary Cello palette consists of #565b1d and #5b221d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5b401d). Try West Coast and Espresso colors in combination with #1e385b, 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 #1e385b 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 Cello. Thus Clover and Wine Berry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cello contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Metallic Bronze, Tawny Port, and Parsley split by 90° on the color wheel. #1e385b square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Cello tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#5b401d) and two others. The Wine Berry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green Pea – 120° from the complementary Metallic Bronze. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5b1d37 and #1d5b41.
In a RGB color space, hex #1e385b is made of 17% red, 32% green and 51% blue. In a HSL mode Cello has a hue angle of 214.43°, a saturation of 50.41% and a lightness of 23.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #1e385b is made of 23.93% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 64.31% black ink.
| HEX | #1e385b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(30,56,91) |
| RGB Percentage | 17%, 32%, 51% |
| CMYK | 23.93, 13.73, 0, 64.31 |
| HSL | hsl(214.43,50.41%,23.73%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(214.43,67.03%,35.69%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(23.2021,2.5618,-23.9508) |
| XYZ | xyz(3.8379,3.8597,10.4402) |