Blue Hill Color

#1e454d

Blue Hill is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta

Inverse Color #e1bab2
Complementary Color #4c261e
Color Shade: mid cyan (190.21° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 20.98% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Hill Color Sample
Blue Hill Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #1e454d

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Hill Color. The Pacific color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Deep Sea Diver (#255c61) for more energetic effect. Try Gulf Harbour as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4c261e is the best complementary color to Blue Hill. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #1e454d complementary color is Cocoa Bean, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blue Dianne are #1e4c3d and #1e2d4c. Thus found on the left and right of #1e454d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Te Papa Green and Cloud Burst colors as they work well with Blue Hill.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Hill palette consists of #4c3d1e and #4c1e2d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4c261e). Try Metallic Bronze and Cocoa Bean colors in combination with #1e454d, 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 #1e454d offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blue Hill. Thus Thatch Green and Wine Berry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Hill contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cocoa Bean, Grape, and Mallard split by 90° on the color wheel. #1e454d square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow 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. Blue Hill tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#4c261e) and two others. The Wine Berry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Everglade – 120° from the complementary Cocoa Bean. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4c1e44 and #1e4c26.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #1e454d is made of 17% red, 39% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Hill has a hue angle of 190.21°, a saturation of 43.93% and a lightness of 20.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #1e454d is made of 18.44% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 69.8% black ink.

HEX #1e454d
RGB Decimal rgb(30,69,77)
RGB Percentage 17%, 39%, 44%
CMYK 18.44, 3.14, 0, 69.8
HSL hsl(190.21,43.93%,20.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(190.21,61.04%,30.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(26.9279,-11.0713,-9.0085)
XYZ xyz(4.0031,5.0681,7.7884)
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