New Navy 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 | #c4b5aa |
| Complementary Color | #55453b |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (205.38° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 28.24% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to New Navy Blue Color. The Night Market color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Calligraphy (#59636a) for more calm effect. Try Slate as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#55453b is the best complementary color to New Navy 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 #3b4a55 complementary color is Kabul, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Limed Spruce are #3b5553 and #3b3c55. Thus found on the left and right of #3b4a55 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mineral Green and Gun Powder colors as they work well with New Navy Blue.
The split-complementary New Navy Blue palette consists of #55533b and #553b3d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#55453b). Try Hemlock and Congo Brown colors in combination with #3b4a55, 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 #3b4a55 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 New Navy Blue. Thus Kelp and Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of New Navy Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kabul, Voodoo, and Tom Thumb split by 90° on the color wheel. #3b4a55 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. New Navy Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#55453b) and two others. The Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mineral Green – 120° from the complementary Kabul. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #553b49 and #3b5546.
In a RGB color space, hex #3b4a55 is made of 27% red, 34% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode New Navy Blue has a hue angle of 205.38°, a saturation of 18.06% and a lightness of 28.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3b4a55 is made of 10.19% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 66.67% black ink.
| HEX | #3b4a55 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(59,74,85) |
| RGB Percentage | 27%, 34%, 39% |
| CMYK | 10.19, 4.31, 0, 66.67 |
| HSL | hsl(205.38,18.06%,28.24%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(205.38,30.59%,33.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(30.6003,-2.9779,-8.4696) |
| XYZ | xyz(5.8921,6.4832,9.5352) |