Blue Nude is soft, 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 | #d6ae73 |
Complementary Color | #8c6428 |
Color Shade: | blue cyan (215.76° hue) |
Color Temperature: | cool |
Lightness: | 35.49% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Nude Color. The Barbados Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Dover Straits (#326ab1) for more energetic effect. Try Blues as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#8c6428 is the best complementary color to Blue Nude. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #29518c complementary color is Kumera, 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 St Tropaz are #28828c and #32288c. Thus found on the left and right of #29518c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lochinvar and Bay of Many colors as they work well with Blue Nude.
The split-complementary Blue Nude palette consists of #828c28 and #8c3228 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8c6428). Try Wasabi and Burnt Umber colors in combination with #29518c, 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 #29518c 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 Blue Nude. Thus Olive Drab and Camelot giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Nude contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kumera, Plum, and Forest Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #29518c 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. Blue Nude tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#8c6428) and two others. The Camelot is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eucalyptus – 120° from the complementary Kumera. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8c2851 and #288c64.
In a RGB color space, hex #29518c is made of 16% red, 31% green and 53% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Nude has a hue angle of 215.76°, a saturation of 54.7% and a lightness of 35.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #29518c is made of 38.82% cyan, 23.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.1% black ink.
HEX | #29518c |
RGB Decimal | rgb(41,81,140) |
RGB Percentage | 16%, 31%, 53% |
CMYK | 38.82, 23.14, 0, 45.1 |
HSL | hsl(215.76,54.7%,35.49%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(215.76,70.71%,54.9%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(34.4976,6.7242,-36.9361) |
XYZ | xyz(8.5905,8.2497,25.9505) |