Deep Sea Base is soft, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or mid red
| Inverse Color | #d3d3a8 |
| Complementary Color | #56562c |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (240° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 25.69% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Deep Sea Base Color. The Clematis Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Wooed (#40446c) for more calm effect. Try Genie as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#56562c is the best complementary color to Deep Sea Base. 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 #2c2c57 complementary color is Woodland, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Martinique are #2c4156 and #412c56. Thus found on the left and right of #2c2c57 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pickled Bluewood and Bossanova colors as they work well with Deep Sea Base.
The split-complementary Deep Sea Base palette consists of #41562c and #56412c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#56562c). Try Woodland and Millbrook colors in combination with #2c2c57, 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 #2c2c57 offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Deep Sea Base. Thus Killarney and Cowboy giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Deep Sea Base contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Woodland, Livid Brown, and Stromboli split by 90° on the color wheel. #2c2c57 square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Deep Sea Base tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#56562c) and two others. The Cowboy is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spectra – 120° from the complementary Woodland. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #562c2c and #2c5656.
In a RGB color space, hex #2c2c57 is made of 25% red, 25% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Deep Sea Base has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 32.82% and a lightness of 25.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2c2c57 is made of 16.87% cyan, 16.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 65.88% black ink.
| HEX | #2c2c57 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(44,44,87) |
| RGB Percentage | 25%, 25%, 50% |
| CMYK | 16.87, 16.87, 0, 65.88 |
| HSL | hsl(240,32.82%,25.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(240,49.43%,34.12%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(20.1436,13.0474,-26.1013) |
| XYZ | xyz(3.6597,3.025,9.4078) |