Vallarta Blue Color

#30658e

Vallarta Blue is calm, 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 #cf9a71
Complementary Color #8e5930
Color Shade: cool cyan (206.17° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 37.25% (better contrasting with white)
Vallarta Blue Color Sample
Vallarta Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #30658e

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Vallarta Blue Color. The Wakefield color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Prominent Blue (#2b7da6) for more energetic effect. Try Blue Tang as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8e5930 is the best complementary color to Vallarta Blue. 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 #30658e complementary color is Mule Fawn, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Calypso are #308e88 and #30358e. Thus found on the left and right of #30658e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lochinvar and Bay of Many colors as they work well with Vallarta Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Vallarta Blue palette consists of #8e8830 and #8e3035 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8e5930). Try Sycamore and Stiletto colors in combination with #30658e, 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 #30658e 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 Vallarta Blue. Thus Crete and Camelot giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Vallarta Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mule Fawn, Vivid Violet, and Forest Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #30658e square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Vallarta Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#8e5930) 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 #8e3064 and #308e59.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #30658e is made of 16% red, 35% green and 49% blue. In a HSL mode Vallarta Blue has a hue angle of 206.17°, a saturation of 49.47% and a lightness of 37.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #30658e is made of 36.87% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #30658e
RGB Decimal rgb(48,101,142)
RGB Percentage 16%, 35%, 49%
CMYK 36.87, 16.08, 0, 44.31
HSL hsl(206.17,49.47%,37.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(206.17,66.2%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.0387,-4.0164,-27.801)
XYZ xyz(10.7551,11.8887,27.3191)
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