Celestial Plum Color

#3c7ac2

Celestial Plum 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 #c3853d
Complementary Color #c2833c
Color Shade: blue cyan (212.24° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 49.8% (better contrasting with white)
Celestial Plum Color Sample
Celestial Plum Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3c7ac2

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Celestial Plum Color. The Caledor Sky color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Nebulas Blue (#2d62a3) for more energetic effect. Try International as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c2833c is the best complementary color to Celestial Plum. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3c7ac2 complementary color is Copper, 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 Indigo are #3cbdc2 and #403cc2. Thus found on the left and right of #3c7ac2 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pelorous and Governor Bay colors as they work well with Celestial Plum.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Celestial Plum palette consists of #bdc23c and #c2403c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c2833c). Try Earls Green and Mojo colors in combination with #3c7ac2, 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 #3c7ac2 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 Celestial Plum. Thus Sushi and Medium Red Violet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Celestial Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Copper, Fuchsia Pink, and Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #3c7ac2 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. Celestial Plum tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#c2833c) and two others. The Medium Red Violet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Emerald – 120° from the complementary Copper. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c23c7a and #3cc283.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3c7ac2 is made of 16% red, 32% green and 52% blue. In a HSL mode Celestial Plum has a hue angle of 212.24°, a saturation of 52.76% and a lightness of 49.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3c7ac2 is made of 52.55% cyan, 28.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.92% black ink.

HEX #3c7ac2
RGB Decimal rgb(60,122,194)
RGB Percentage 16%, 32%, 52%
CMYK 52.55, 28.24, 0, 23.92
HSL hsl(212.24,52.76%,49.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(212.24,69.07%,76.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.4226,3.7779,-43.4792)
XYZ xyz(18.5606,18.7748,53.6846)
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