Fading Night Color

#3377cc

Fading Night is soft, 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 #c83
Complementary Color #cc8832
Color Shade: blue cyan (213.33° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Fading Night Color Sample
Fading Night Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3377cc

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Fading Night Color. The Blue Dart color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Magical Merlin (#3d8ed0) for more energetic effect. Try Nebulas Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#cc8832 is the best complementary color to Fading Night. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #37c complementary color is Brandy Punch, 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 White are #32c3cc and #3b32cc. Thus found on the left and right of #37c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scooter and Governor Bay colors as they work well with Fading Night.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fading Night palette consists of #c3cc32 and #cc3b32 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cc8832). Try Earls Green and Persian Red colors in combination with #37c, 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 #37c 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 Fading Night. Thus Atlantis and Medium Red Violet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fading Night contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Brandy Punch, Fuchsia Pink, and Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #37c 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. Fading Night tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#cc8832) and two others. The Medium Red Violet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shamrock – 120° from the complementary Brandy Punch. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cc3276 and #32cc88.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3377cc is made of 14% red, 32% green and 55% blue. In a HSL mode Fading Night has a hue angle of 213.33°, a saturation of 60% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3377cc is made of 60% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #3377cc
RGB Decimal rgb(51,119,204)
RGB Percentage 14%, 32%, 55%
CMYK 60, 33.33, 0, 20
HSL hsl(213.33,60%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(213.33,75%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.8065,7.9911,-50.1957)
XYZ xyz(18.8611,18.2571,59.6566)
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