Salty Dog Color

#234058

Salty Dog is pale, 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 #dcbfa7
Complementary Color #583b23
Color Shade: cool cyan (207.17° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 24.12% (better contrasting with white)
Salty Dog Color Sample
Salty Dog Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #234058

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Salty Dog Color. The Marea Baja color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Chathams Blue (#2c5971) for more energetic effect. Try Quiet Storm as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#583b23 is the best complementary color to Salty Dog. 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 #234058 complementary color is Irish Coffee, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blue Dianne are #235855 and #232558. Thus found on the left and right of #234058 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Dianne and Port Gore colors as they work well with Salty Dog.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Salty Dog palette consists of #585523 and #582325 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#583b23). Try Woodland and Cocoa Bean colors in combination with #234058, 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 #234058 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 Salty Dog. Thus Woodland and Tawny Port giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Salty Dog contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Irish Coffee, Bossanova, and Everglade split by 90° on the color wheel. #234058 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Salty Dog tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#583b23) and two others. The Tawny Port is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Everglade – 120° from the complementary Irish Coffee. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #582340 and #23583b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #234058 is made of 19% red, 34% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Salty Dog has a hue angle of 207.17°, a saturation of 43.09% and a lightness of 24.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #234058 is made of 20.78% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 65.49% black ink.

HEX #234058
RGB Decimal rgb(35,64,88)
RGB Percentage 19%, 34%, 47%
CMYK 20.78, 9.41, 0, 65.49
HSL hsl(207.17,43.09%,24.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(207.17,60.23%,34.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(25.9474,-2.8126,-17.6687)
XYZ xyz(4.288,4.7287,9.9192)
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