Blue Lobelia Color

#28314d

Blue Lobelia is calm, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, mid green or cool red

Inverse Color #d7ceb2
Complementary Color #4d4428
Color Shade: cool blue (225.41° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 22.94% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Lobelia Color Sample
Blue Lobelia Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #28314d

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Lobelia Color. The Quiet Peace color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Annapolis Blue (#384a66) for more calm effect. Try Silent Sea as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4d4428 is the best complementary color to Blue Lobelia. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #28314d complementary color is Lisbon Brown, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Pickled Bluewood are #28434d and #31284d. Thus found on the left and right of #28314d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Plantation and Martinique colors as they work well with Blue Lobelia.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Lobelia palette consists of #434d28 and #4d3128 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4d4428). Try Woodland and Saddle colors in combination with #28314d, 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 #28314d offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blue Lobelia. Thus Green Kelp and Livid Brown giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Lobelia contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lisbon Brown, Livid Brown, and Everglade split by 90° on the color wheel. #28314d square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow 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. Blue Lobelia tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#4d4428) and two others. The Livid Brown is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Plantation – 120° from the complementary Lisbon Brown. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4d2830 and #284d44.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #28314d is made of 24% red, 30% green and 46% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Lobelia has a hue angle of 225.41°, a saturation of 31.62% and a lightness of 22.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #28314d is made of 14.51% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 69.8% black ink.

HEX #28314d
RGB Decimal rgb(40,49,77)
RGB Percentage 24%, 30%, 46%
CMYK 14.51, 10.98, 0, 69.8
HSL hsl(225.41,31.62%,22.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(225.41,48.05%,30.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(20.7645,4.8605,-18.455)
XYZ xyz(3.3129,3.1836,7.4611)
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