American Blue is soft, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, green cyan or mid red
| Inverse Color | #c4c492 |
| Complementary Color | #6c6c3b |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (240° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 32.94% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to American Blue Color. The Black Blueberry color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Blue Regal (#303048) for more calm effect. Try Plum Fuzz as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6c6c3b is the best complementary color to American Blue. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3b3b6d complementary color is Yellow Metal, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of blue cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of East Bay are #3b536c and #533b6c. Thus found on the left and right of #3b3b6d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fiord and Voodoo colors as they work well with American Blue.
The split-complementary American Blue palette consists of #546c3b and #6c543b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6c6c3b). Try Chalet Green and Yellow Metal colors in combination with #3b3b6d, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #3b3b6d offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the American Blue. Thus Killarney and Congo Brown giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of American Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Yellow Metal, Cosmic, and Killarney split by 90° on the color wheel. #3b3b6d square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and green cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. American Blue tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#6c6c3b) and two others. The Congo Brown is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and William – 120° from the complementary Yellow Metal. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6c3b3b and #3b6c6c.
In a RGB color space, hex #3b3b6d is made of 26% red, 26% green and 48% blue. In a HSL mode American Blue has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 29.76% and a lightness of 32.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3b3b6d is made of 19.61% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 57.25% black ink.
| HEX | #3b3b6d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(59,59,109) |
| RGB Percentage | 26%, 26%, 48% |
| CMYK | 19.61, 19.61, 0, 57.25 |
| HSL | hsl(240,29.76%,32.94%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(240,45.87%,42.75%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(27.191,14.3227,-29.1499) |
| XYZ | xyz(6.1279,5.1619,15.1414) |