Little Blue Heron is soft, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or cool red
| Inverse Color | #c3bc87 |
| Complementary Color | #78713b |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (233° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 35.29% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Little Blue Heron Color. The Dark Iris color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Nightly Silhouette (#4f5b93) for more calm effect. Try Fresh Take as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#78713b is the best complementary color to Little Blue Heron. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3c4378 complementary color is Yellow Metal, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of East Bay are #3b6078 and #523b78. Thus found on the left and right of #3c4378 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching William and Victoria colors as they work well with Little Blue Heron.
The split-complementary Little Blue Heron palette consists of #60783b and #78523b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#78713b). Try Chalet Green and Spicy Mix colors in combination with #3c4378, 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 #3c4378 offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Little Blue Heron. Thus Fern Green and Lotus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Little Blue Heron contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Yellow Metal, Cosmic, and Amazon split by 90° on the color wheel. #3c4378 square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Little Blue Heron tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#78713b) and two others. The Lotus is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oracle – 120° from the complementary Yellow Metal. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #783b43 and #3b7871.
In a RGB color space, hex #3c4378 is made of 24% red, 27% green and 49% blue. In a HSL mode Little Blue Heron has a hue angle of 233°, a saturation of 33.33% and a lightness of 35.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3c4378 is made of 23.53% cyan, 20.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 52.94% black ink.
| HEX | #3c4378 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(60,67,120) |
| RGB Percentage | 24%, 27%, 49% |
| CMYK | 23.53, 20.79, 0, 52.94 |
| HSL | hsl(233,33.33%,35.29%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(233,50%,47.06%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(30.2327,12.8754,-31.2778) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.2608,6.331,18.6086) |