Sacrifice 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 | #d5a88b |
| Complementary Color | #73472a |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (203.51° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 30.98% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sacrifice Color. The Moscow Midnight color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Green Vogue (#23414e) for more calm effect. Try Soul Search as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#73472a is the best complementary color to Sacrifice. 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 #2a5774 complementary color is Pickled Bean, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of San Juan are #2a736c and #2a3173. Thus found on the left and right of #2a5774 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Paradiso and Astronaut colors as they work well with Sacrifice.
The split-complementary Sacrifice palette consists of #736c2a and #732a31 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#73472a). Try Crete and Tawny Port colors in combination with #2a5774, 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 #2a5774 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 Sacrifice. Thus Crete and Tawny Port giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Sacrifice contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pickled Bean, Eminence, and Forest Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #2a5774 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Sacrifice tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#73472a) and two others. The Tawny Port is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sea Green – 120° from the complementary Pickled Bean. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #732a56 and #2a7347.
In a RGB color space, hex #2a5774 is made of 17% red, 36% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Sacrifice has a hue angle of 203.51°, a saturation of 46.84% and a lightness of 30.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2a5774 is made of 29.02% cyan, 11.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 54.51% black ink.
| HEX | #2a5774 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(42,87,116) |
| RGB Percentage | 17%, 36%, 47% |
| CMYK | 29.02, 11.37, 0, 54.51 |
| HSL | hsl(203.51,46.84%,30.98%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(203.51,63.79%,45.49%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(35.142,-5.8338,-21.143) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.5154,8.5696,17.781) |