Precious Stone Color

#328696

Precious Stone is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta

Inverse Color #cd7969
Complementary Color #964231
Color Shade: mid cyan (189.6° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 39.22% (better contrasting with white)
Precious Stone Color Sample
Precious Stone Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #328696

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Precious Stone Color. The Marine Tinge color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Fairy Tale Blue (#3e9abd) for more energetic effect. Try Lakelike as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#964231 is the best complementary color to Precious Stone. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #328696 complementary color is Mule Fawn, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Astral are #319674 and #315396. Thus found on the left and right of #328696 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lochinvar and Sapphire colors as they work well with Precious Stone.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Precious Stone palette consists of #967431 and #963153 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#964231). Try Luxor Gold and Camelot colors in combination with #328696, 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 #328696 offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Precious Stone. Thus Sushi and Plum giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Precious Stone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mule Fawn, Vivid Violet, and Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #328696 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow 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. Precious Stone tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#964231) and two others. The Plum 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 #963185 and #319642.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #328696 is made of 15% red, 40% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Precious Stone has a hue angle of 189.6°, a saturation of 50% and a lightness of 39.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #328696 is made of 39.21% cyan, 6.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 41.18% black ink.

HEX #328696
RGB Decimal rgb(50,134,150)
RGB Percentage 15%, 40%, 45%
CMYK 39.21, 6.27, 0, 41.18
HSL hsl(189.6,50%,39.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(189.6,66.67%,58.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.7583,-19.8015,-15.9979)
XYZ xyz(15.3455,19.9303,31.8923)
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