Flashy Sapphire Color

#2c538a

Flashy Sapphire is calm, 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 #d3ac75
Complementary Color #89632c
Color Shade: blue cyan (215.11° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 35.69% (better contrasting with white)
Flashy Sapphire Color Sample
Flashy Sapphire Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #2c538a

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Flashy Sapphire Color. The Alpine Race color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Surf the Web (#203c7f) for more energetic effect. Try Mazarine Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#89632c is the best complementary color to Flashy Sapphire. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #2c538a complementary color is Mule Fawn, 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 St Tropaz are #2c8189 and #342c89. Thus found on the left and right of #2c538a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lochinvar and Minsk colors as they work well with Flashy Sapphire.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Flashy Sapphire palette consists of #81892c and #89342c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#89632c). Try Wasabi and Nutmeg colors in combination with #2c538a, 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 #2c538a 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 Flashy Sapphire. Thus Olive Drab and Camelot giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Flashy Sapphire contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mule Fawn, Plum, and Forest Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #2c538a 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. Flashy Sapphire tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#89632c) and two others. The Camelot is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sea Green – 120° from the complementary Mule Fawn. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #892c52 and #2c8963.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #2c538a is made of 17% red, 31% green and 52% blue. In a HSL mode Flashy Sapphire has a hue angle of 215.11°, a saturation of 51.65% and a lightness of 35.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2c538a is made of 36.87% cyan, 21.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.88% black ink.

HEX #2c538a
RGB Decimal rgb(44,83,138)
RGB Percentage 17%, 31%, 52%
CMYK 36.87, 21.57, 0, 45.88
HSL hsl(215.11,51.65%,35.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(215.11,68.12%,54.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(35.1169,5.1718,-34.7211)
XYZ xyz(8.7194,8.557,25.2369)
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