Southern Evening Color

#34657d

Southern Evening 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 #cb9a82
Complementary Color #7d4c33
Color Shade: cool cyan (199.73° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 34.71% (better contrasting with white)
Southern Evening Color Sample
Southern Evening Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #34657d

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Southern Evening Color. The Larkspur color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Blueberry Pie (#314d67) for more calm effect. Try Greenland Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#7d4c33 is the best complementary color to Southern Evening. 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 #34657d complementary color is Old Copper, 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 Ming are #337d70 and #33407d. Thus found on the left and right of #34657d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ming and Chambray colors as they work well with Southern Evening.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Southern Evening palette consists of #7d7033 and #7d3340 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7d4c33). Try Pesto and Solid Pink colors in combination with #34657d, 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 #34657d 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 Southern Evening. Thus Pesto and Camelot giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Southern Evening contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Old Copper, Eminence, and Goblin split by 90° on the color wheel. #34657d 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. Southern Evening tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#7d4c33) and two others. The Camelot is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amazon – 120° from the complementary Old Copper. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7d3364 and #337d4c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #34657d is made of 19% red, 36% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Southern Evening has a hue angle of 199.73°, a saturation of 41.24% and a lightness of 34.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #34657d is made of 28.63% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.98% black ink.

HEX #34657d
RGB Decimal rgb(52,101,125)
RGB Percentage 19%, 36%, 45%
CMYK 28.63, 9.41, 0, 50.98
HSL hsl(199.73,41.24%,34.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(199.73,58.4%,49.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(40.4397,-9.0435,-18.4455)
XYZ xyz(9.7715,11.5181,21.1102)
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