Blue Lava 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 | #d1ae96 |
| Complementary Color | #69452e |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (204.41° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 29.61% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Lava Color. The Running Water color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Cool Air of Debonair (#28394d) for more calm effect. Try San Gabriel Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#69452e is the best complementary color to Blue Lava. 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 #2e5169 complementary color is Spice, 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 #2e6963 and #2e3369. Thus found on the left and right of #2e5169 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Casal and Rhino colors as they work well with Blue Lava.
The split-complementary Blue Lava palette consists of #69632e and #692e33 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#69452e). Try Costa Del Sol and Buccaneer colors in combination with #2e5169, 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 #2e5169 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 Blue Lava. Thus Woodland and Finn giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Lava contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spice, Bossanova, and Killarney split by 90° on the color wheel. #2e5169 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. Blue Lava tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#69452e) and two others. The Finn is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amazon – 120° from the complementary Spice. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #692e51 and #2e6945.
In a RGB color space, hex #2e5169 is made of 20% red, 35% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Lava has a hue angle of 204.41°, a saturation of 39.07% and a lightness of 29.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2e5169 is made of 23.14% cyan, 9.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 58.82% black ink.
| HEX | #2e5169 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(46,81,105) |
| RGB Percentage | 20%, 35%, 45% |
| CMYK | 23.14, 9.42, 0, 58.82 |
| HSL | hsl(204.41,39.07%,29.61%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(204.41,56.19%,41.18%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(32.8878,-5.0143,-17.7511) |
| XYZ | xyz(6.6189,7.4856,14.4606) |