Blue Spell Color

#3b5c6c

Blue Spell 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 #c4a393
Complementary Color #6c4a3b
Color Shade: cool cyan (199.59° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 32.75% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Spell Color Sample
Blue Spell Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3b5c6c

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Spell Color. The Silken Peacock 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 saturated alternative called Harbour Blue (#417491) for more energetic effect. Try Nile Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6c4a3b is the best complementary color to Blue Spell. 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 #3b5c6c complementary color is Millbrook, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of William are #3b6c63 and #3b436c. Thus found on the left and right of #3b5c6c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching William and East Bay colors as they work well with Blue Spell.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Spell palette consists of #6c633b and #6c3b43 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6c4a3b). Try Yellow Metal and Congo Brown colors in combination with #3b5c6c, 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 #3b5c6c 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 Blue Spell. Thus Chalet Green and Cosmic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Spell contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Millbrook, Voodoo, and Chalet Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #3b5c6c square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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 Spell tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#6c4a3b) and two others. The Cosmic is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Killarney – 120° from the complementary Millbrook. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6c3b5b and #3b6c4a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3b5c6c is made of 23% red, 36% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Spell has a hue angle of 199.59°, a saturation of 29.34% and a lightness of 32.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3b5c6c is made of 19.21% cyan, 6.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 57.65% black ink.

HEX #3b5c6c
RGB Decimal rgb(59,92,108)
RGB Percentage 23%, 36%, 42%
CMYK 19.21, 6.27, 0, 57.65
HSL hsl(199.59,29.34%,32.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(199.59,45.37%,42.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(37.2377,-7.3106,-12.8947)
XYZ xyz(8.3376,9.6668,15.6138)
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