Palace Blue 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 | #cb934f |
| Complementary Color | #af7734 |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (212.9° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 44.71% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Palace Blue Color. The Boat Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Sapphire (#2f519e) for more calm effect. Try Casting Sea as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#af7734 is the best complementary color to Palace Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #346cb0 complementary color is Copper, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Azure are #34a9af and #3a34af. Thus found on the left and right of #346cb0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Keppel and Governor Bay colors as they work well with Palace Blue.
The split-complementary Palace Blue palette consists of #a9af34 and #af3934 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#af7734). Try Sushi and Medium Carmine colors in combination with #346cb0, 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 #346cb0 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 Palace Blue. Thus Sushi and Royal Heath giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Palace Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Copper, Medium Red Violet, and Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #346cb0 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Palace Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#af7734) and two others. The Royal Heath is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Jungle Green – 120° from the complementary Copper. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #af346c and #34af78.
In a RGB color space, hex #346cb0 is made of 15% red, 32% green and 52% blue. In a HSL mode Palace Blue has a hue angle of 212.9°, a saturation of 54.39% and a lightness of 44.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #346cb0 is made of 48.63% cyan, 26.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 30.98% black ink.
| HEX | #346cb0 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(52,108,176) |
| RGB Percentage | 15%, 32%, 52% |
| CMYK | 48.63, 26.67, 0, 30.98 |
| HSL | hsl(212.9,54.39%,44.71%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(212.9,70.45%,69.02%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(45.0671,4.6505,-41.583) |
| XYZ | xyz(14.6152,14.5898,43.1201) |