Blue Tone Ink Color

#2b4057

Blue Tone Ink is pale, 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 #d4bfa8
Complementary Color #57422a
Color Shade: blue cyan (211.36° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 25.49% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Tone Ink Color Sample
Blue Tone Ink Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #2b4057

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Tone Ink Color. The Infinite Deep Sea color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Summer Night (#36576a) for more calm effect. Try Express Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#57422a is the best complementary color to Blue Tone Ink. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #2b4057 complementary color is Quincy, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Rhino are #2a5557 and #2c2a57. Thus found on the left and right of #2b4057 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spectra and Rhino colors as they work well with Blue Tone Ink.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Tone Ink palette consists of #55572a and #572c2a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#57422a). Try Woodland and Buccaneer colors in combination with #2b4057, 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 #2b4057 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 Tone Ink. Thus Woodland and Livid Brown giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Tone Ink contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Quincy, Finn, and Everglade split by 90° on the color wheel. #2b4057 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange 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 Tone Ink tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#57422a) and two others. The Livid Brown is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Plantation – 120° from the complementary Quincy. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #572a3f and #2a5742.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #2b4057 is made of 22% red, 33% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Tone Ink has a hue angle of 211.36°, a saturation of 33.85% and a lightness of 25.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2b4057 is made of 17.26% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 65.88% black ink.

HEX #2b4057
RGB Decimal rgb(43,64,87)
RGB Percentage 22%, 33%, 45%
CMYK 17.26, 9.02, 0, 65.88
HSL hsl(211.36,33.85%,25.49%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(211.36,50.57%,34.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(26.3568,-1.0238,-16.3462)
XYZ xyz(4.55,4.8685,9.7167)
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