Adventure Color

#34788c

Adventure 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 #cb8773
Complementary Color #8c4733
Color Shade: mid cyan (193.64° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 37.65% (better contrasting with white)
Adventure Color Sample
Adventure Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #34788c

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Adventure Color. The Flowing River color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Deep Marine (#2e6469) for more calm effect. Try Casal as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8c4733 is the best complementary color to Adventure. 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 #34788c complementary color is El Salva, 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 Calypso are #338c74 and #334b8c. Thus found on the left and right of #34788c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lochinvar and Chambray colors as they work well with Adventure.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Adventure palette consists of #8c7433 and #8c334c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8c4733). Try Pesto and Camelot colors in combination with #34788c, 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 #34788c 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 Adventure. Thus Sycamore and Plum giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Adventure contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary El Salva, Eminence, and Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #34788c 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. Adventure tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#8c4733) and two others. The Plum is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sea Green – 120° from the complementary El Salva. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8c3378 and #338c48.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #34788c is made of 17% red, 38% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Adventure has a hue angle of 193.64°, a saturation of 45.83% and a lightness of 37.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #34788c is made of 34.51% cyan, 7.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.1% black ink.

HEX #34788c
RGB Decimal rgb(52,120,140)
RGB Percentage 17%, 38%, 45%
CMYK 34.51, 7.84, 0, 45.1
HSL hsl(193.64,45.83%,37.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(193.64,62.86%,54.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.0485,-15.0318,-17.3052)
XYZ xyz(12.8663,16.0565,27.232)
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