Mississippi River is calm, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, warm green or red magenta
| Inverse Color | #c49c73 |
| Complementary Color | #8c643b |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (210.37° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 39.02% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Mississippi River Color. The Storm 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 Parisian Blue (#4f7ca4) for more calm effect. Try Naval Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8c643b is the best complementary color to Mississippi River. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3b638c complementary color is Potters Clay, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Chambray are #3b8b8c and #3b3b8c. Thus found on the left and right of #3b638c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Paradiso and Gigas colors as they work well with Mississippi River.
The split-complementary Mississippi River palette consists of #8b8c3b and #8c3b3b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8c643b). Try Sycamore and Lotus colors in combination with #3b638c, 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 #3b638c 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 Mississippi River. Thus Apple and Vin Rouge giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Mississippi River contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Potters Clay, Plum, and Goblin split by 90° on the color wheel. #3b638c square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange 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. Mississippi River tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#8c643b) and two others. The Vin Rouge is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Viridian – 120° from the complementary Potters Clay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8c3b62 and #3b8c64.
In a RGB color space, hex #3b638c is made of 20% red, 33% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Mississippi River has a hue angle of 210.37°, a saturation of 40.7% and a lightness of 39.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3b638c is made of 31.76% cyan, 16.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.1% black ink.
| HEX | #3b638c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(59,99,140) |
| RGB Percentage | 20%, 33%, 47% |
| CMYK | 31.76, 16.08, 0, 45.1 |
| HSL | hsl(210.37,40.7%,39.02%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(210.37,57.86%,54.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(40.8111,-1.2197,-26.9179) |
| XYZ | xyz(10.9991,11.7469,26.4986) |