Bunting Blue Color

#35537c

Bunting Blue is calm, 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 #caac83
Complementary Color #7c5e34
Color Shade: blue cyan (214.65° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 34.71% (better contrasting with white)
Bunting Blue Color Sample
Bunting Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #35537c

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Bunting Blue Color. The Majolica Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Team Spirit (#416986) for more calm effect. Try Reef Resort as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7c5e34 is the best complementary color to Bunting 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 #35537c complementary color is Potters Clay, 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 San Juan are #34767c and #3a347c. Thus found on the left and right of #35537c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ming and Minsk colors as they work well with Bunting Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bunting Blue palette consists of #767c34 and #7c3a34 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7c5e34). Try Pesto and Lotus colors in combination with #35537c, 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 #35537c 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 Bunting Blue. Thus Fern Green and Camelot giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bunting Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Potters Clay, Plum, and Goblin split by 90° on the color wheel. #35537c 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. Bunting Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#7c5e34) and two others. The Camelot is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amazon – 120° from the complementary Potters Clay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7c3452 and #347c5e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #35537c is made of 20% red, 32% green and 48% blue. In a HSL mode Bunting Blue has a hue angle of 214.65°, a saturation of 40.11% and a lightness of 34.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #35537c is made of 27.85% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 51.37% black ink.

HEX #35537c
RGB Decimal rgb(53,83,124)
RGB Percentage 20%, 32%, 48%
CMYK 27.85, 16.08, 0, 51.37
HSL hsl(214.65,40.11%,34.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(214.65,57.26%,48.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(34.7997,1.9655,-26.59)
XYZ xyz(8.1995,8.3986,20.2577)
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