Mallard Blue Color

#3a5c6e

Mallard Blue 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 #c5a391
Complementary Color #6e4c39
Color Shade: cool cyan (200.77° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 32.94% (better contrasting with white)
Mallard Blue Color Sample
Mallard Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3a5c6e

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Mallard Blue Color. The Tornado Season color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Harbour Blue (#417491) for more energetic effect. Try San Miguel Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6e4c39 is the best complementary color to Mallard Blue. 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 #3a5c6e complementary color is Shingle Fawn, 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 William are #396e66 and #39416e. Thus found on the left and right of #3a5c6e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching William and East Bay colors as they work well with Mallard Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mallard Blue palette consists of #6e6639 and #6e3942 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e4c39). Try Yellow Metal and Buccaneer colors in combination with #3a5c6e, 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 #3a5c6e 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 Mallard Blue. Thus Chalet Green and Cosmic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mallard Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shingle Fawn, Bossanova, and Chalet Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #3a5c6e 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. Mallard Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#6e4c39) and two others. The Cosmic is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Killarney – 120° from the complementary Shingle Fawn. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6e395b and #396e4c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3a5c6e is made of 22% red, 35% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Mallard Blue has a hue angle of 200.77°, a saturation of 30.95% and a lightness of 32.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3a5c6e is made of 20.39% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.86% black ink.

HEX #3a5c6e
RGB Decimal rgb(58,92,110)
RGB Percentage 22%, 35%, 42%
CMYK 20.39, 7.06, 0, 56.86
HSL hsl(200.77,30.95%,32.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(200.77,47.27%,43.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(37.2612,-6.9776,-14.1006)
XYZ xyz(8.3865,9.6796,16.1782)
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