Blue Flag Color

#3b506f

Blue Flag 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 #c4af90
Complementary Color #6f5a3b
Color Shade: blue cyan (215.77° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 33.33% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Flag Color Sample
Blue Flag Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3b506f

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Flag Color. The Moonlight Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Gloomy Sea (#4a657a) for more calm effect. Try Snake River as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6f5a3b is the best complementary color to Blue Flag. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3b506f complementary color is Yellow Metal, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Fiord are #3b696f and #3f3b6f. Thus found on the left and right of #3b506f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching William and East Bay colors as they work well with Blue Flag.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Flag palette consists of #6a6f3b and #6f403b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f5a3b). Try Yellow Metal and Buccaneer colors in combination with #3b506f, 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 #3b506f 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 Blue Flag. Thus Chalet Green and Cosmic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Flag contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Yellow Metal, Cosmic, and Killarney split by 90° on the color wheel. #3b506f square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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 Flag tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#6f5a3b) and two others. The Cosmic is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amazon – 120° from the complementary Yellow Metal. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6f3b4f and #3b6f5a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3b506f is made of 24% red, 32% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Flag has a hue angle of 215.77°, a saturation of 30.59% and a lightness of 33.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3b506f is made of 20.39% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.47% black ink.

HEX #3b506f
RGB Decimal rgb(59,80,111)
RGB Percentage 24%, 32%, 44%
CMYK 20.39, 12.16, 0, 56.47
HSL hsl(215.77,30.59%,33.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(215.77,46.85%,43.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.5942,1.086,-20.3611)
XYZ xyz(7.5415,7.8148,16.1499)
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