Blue Raspberry Seed Color

#3aa2c6

Blue Raspberry Seed 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 #c55d39
Complementary Color #c55e3a
Color Shade: cool cyan (195.43° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50.2% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Raspberry Seed Color Sample
Blue Raspberry Seed Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3aa2c6

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Raspberry Seed Color. The Delusional Dragonfly 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 Holiday Blue (#32bcd1) for more energetic effect. Try Aqualogic as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c55e3a is the best complementary color to Blue Raspberry Seed. 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 #3aa2c6 complementary color is Mojo, 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 Pelorous are #3ac5a3 and #3a5bc5. Thus found on the left and right of #3aa2c6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Puerto Rico and Indigo colors as they work well with Blue Raspberry Seed.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Raspberry Seed palette consists of #c5a33a and #c53a5b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c55e3a). Try Roti and Hibiscus colors in combination with #3aa2c6, 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 #3aa2c6 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 Blue Raspberry Seed. Thus Atlantis and Medium Red Violet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Raspberry Seed contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mojo, Amethyst, and Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #3aa2c6 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. Blue Raspberry Seed tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#c55e3a) and two others. The Medium Red Violet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Emerald – 120° from the complementary Mojo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c53aa1 and #3ac55d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3aa2c6 is made of 14% red, 39% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Raspberry Seed has a hue angle of 195.43°, a saturation of 55.12% and a lightness of 50.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3aa2c6 is made of 54.9% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.35% black ink.

HEX #3aa2c6
RGB Decimal rgb(58,162,198)
RGB Percentage 14%, 39%, 47%
CMYK 54.9, 14.12, 0, 22.35
HSL hsl(195.43,55.12%,50.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(195.43,70.71%,77.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(62.3532,-17.9765,-27.0941)
XYZ xyz(24.8583,30.8174,58.0643)
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