Medieval Blue Color

#29304e

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

Inverse Color #d6cfb1
Complementary Color #4e4728
Color Shade: cool blue (228.65° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 23.33% (better contrasting with white)
Medieval Blue Color Sample
Medieval Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #29304e

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Medieval Blue Color. The Egyptian Violet 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 saturated alternative called Hydrogen Blue (#33476d) for more energetic effect. Try Jazz Age Blues as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4e4728 is the best complementary color to Medieval Blue. 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 #29304e 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 warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Pickled Bluewood are #28424e and #34284e. Thus found on the left and right of #29304e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pickled Bluewood and Martinique colors as they work well with Medieval Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Medieval Blue palette consists of #424e28 and #4e3428 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4e4728). Try Woodland and Saddle colors in combination with #29304e, 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 #29304e 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 Medieval Blue. Thus Mallard and Livid Brown giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Medieval Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lisbon Brown, Livid Brown, and Everglade split by 90° on the color wheel. #29304e square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool 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. Medieval Blue tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#4e4728) 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 #4e2830 and #284e47.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #29304e is made of 25% red, 29% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Medieval Blue has a hue angle of 228.65°, a saturation of 31.09% and a lightness of 23.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #29304e is made of 14.51% cyan, 11.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 69.41% black ink.

HEX #29304e
RGB Decimal rgb(41,48,78)
RGB Percentage 25%, 29%, 47%
CMYK 14.51, 11.77, 0, 69.41
HSL hsl(228.65,31.09%,23.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(228.65,47.44%,30.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(20.5781,6.2146,-19.413)
XYZ xyz(3.3465,3.1354,7.6365)
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