Shovel Knight Color

#37c4fa

Shovel Knight is calm, 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 #c83b05
Complementary Color #fa6c36
Color Shade: cool cyan (196.62° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 59.8% (better contrasting with white)
Shovel Knight Color Sample
Shovel Knight Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #37c4fa

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Shovel Knight Color. The Splashing Wave color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Vaporwave Blue (#22ddff) for more energetic effect. Try Fantasy Console Sky as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#fa6c36 is the best complementary color to Shovel Knight. 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 #37c4fa complementary color is Burning Orange, 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 Dodger Blue are #36face and #3662fa. Thus found on the left and right of #37c4fa on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bright Turquoise and Dodger Blue colors as they work well with Shovel Knight.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Shovel Knight palette consists of #face36 and #fa3662 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fa6c36). Try Bright Sun and Radical Red colors in combination with #37c4fa, 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 #37c4fa 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 Shovel Knight. Thus Green Yellow and Razzle Dazzle Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Shovel Knight contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Burning Orange, Heliotrope, and Screamin' Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #37c4fa 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. Shovel Knight tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#fa6c36) and two others. The Razzle Dazzle Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Screamin' Green – 120° from the complementary Burning Orange. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fa36c4 and #36fa6c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #37c4fa is made of 11% red, 39% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Shovel Knight has a hue angle of 196.62°, a saturation of 95.12% and a lightness of 59.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #37c4fa is made of 76.47% cyan, 21.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black ink.

HEX #37c4fa
RGB Decimal rgb(55,196,250)
RGB Percentage 11%, 39%, 50%
CMYK 76.47, 21.18, 0, 1.96
HSL hsl(196.62,95.12%,59.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(196.62,78%,98.04%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.3138,-19.1062,-37.0714)
XYZ xyz(38.5708,47.1942,97.519)
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