Soulful Music is pale, 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 | #c4bba8 |
| Complementary Color | #574e3a |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (220.71° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 28.63% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Soulful Music Color. The Bering Sea color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Chimney Sweep (#272f38) for more calm effect. Try Newburyport as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#574e3a is the best complementary color to Soulful Music. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3b4457 complementary color is Judge Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Oxford Blue are #3a5157 and #3f3a57. Thus found on the left and right of #3b4457 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Limed Spruce and Martinique colors as they work well with Soulful Music.
The split-complementary Soulful Music palette consists of #51573a and #57403a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#574e3a). Try Hemlock and Kabul colors in combination with #3b4457, 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 #3b4457 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 Soulful Music. Thus Tom Thumb and Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Soulful Music contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Judge Gray, Eggplant, and Tom Thumb split by 90° on the color wheel. #3b4457 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Soulful Music tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#574e3a) and two others. The Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mineral Green – 120° from the complementary Judge Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #573a43 and #3a574e.
In a RGB color space, hex #3b4457 is made of 28% red, 32% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Soulful Music has a hue angle of 220.71°, a saturation of 19.18% and a lightness of 28.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3b4457 is made of 10.98% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 65.88% black ink.
| HEX | #3b4457 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(59,68,87) |
| RGB Percentage | 28%, 32%, 41% |
| CMYK | 10.98, 7.45, 0, 65.88 |
| HSL | hsl(220.71,19.18%,28.63%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(220.71,32.18%,34.12%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(28.7784,1.4458,-12.5243) |
| XYZ | xyz(5.5911,5.7522,9.8324) |