Muted Lavender Color

#3b5698

Muted Lavender is soft, 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 #c4a967
Complementary Color #987d3a
Color Shade: blue cyan (222.58° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 41.37% (better contrasting with white)
Muted Lavender Color Sample
Muted Lavender Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3b5698

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Muted Lavender Color. The Wide Sky color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Good Karma (#333c76) for more calm effect. Try Pacific Blues as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#987d3a is the best complementary color to Muted Lavender. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3b5698 complementary color is Sycamore, 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 Chambray are #3a8498 and #4e3a98. Thus found on the left and right of #3b5698 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Calypso and Gigas colors as they work well with Muted Lavender.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Muted Lavender palette consists of #84983a and #984e3a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#987d3a). Try Sycamore and Sepia Skin colors in combination with #3b5698, 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 #3b5698 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 Muted Lavender. Thus Apple and Vin Rouge giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Muted Lavender contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sycamore, Plum, and Chateau Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #3b5698 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. Muted Lavender tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#987d3a) and two others. The Vin Rouge is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Ocean Green – 120° from the complementary Sycamore. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #983a55 and #3a987d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3b5698 is made of 20% red, 29% green and 51% blue. In a HSL mode Muted Lavender has a hue angle of 222.58°, a saturation of 44.08% and a lightness of 41.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3b5698 is made of 36.47% cyan, 25.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 40.39% black ink.

HEX #3b5698
RGB Decimal rgb(59,86,152)
RGB Percentage 20%, 29%, 51%
CMYK 36.47, 25.88, 0, 40.39
HSL hsl(222.58,44.08%,41.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(222.58,61.18%,59.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(37.5762,11.2365,-39.2536)
XYZ xyz(10.7989,9.8524,31.0383)
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