Spectrum Blue is soft, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red
| Inverse Color | #c2c383 |
| Complementary Color | #7b7c3c |
| Color Shade: | mid blue (240.94° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 36.08% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Spectrum Blue Color. The Onion Skin Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Governor Bay (#51559b) for more calm effect. Try Rich Violet as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#7b7c3c is the best complementary color to Spectrum Blue. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3d3c7c complementary color is Yellow Metal, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of East Bay are #3c5a7c and #5d3c7c. Thus found on the left and right of #3d3c7c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching East Bay and Victoria colors as they work well with Spectrum Blue.
The split-complementary Spectrum Blue palette consists of #5a7c3c and #7c5d3c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7b7c3c). Try Fern Green and Yellow Metal colors in combination with #3d3c7c, 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 #3d3c7c offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Spectrum Blue. Thus Goblin and Lotus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Spectrum Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Yellow Metal, Cosmic, and Amazon split by 90° on the color wheel. #3d3c7c square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Spectrum Blue tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#7b7c3c) 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 #7c3c3c and #3c7b7c.
In a RGB color space, hex #3d3c7c is made of 25% red, 24% green and 51% blue. In a HSL mode Spectrum Blue has a hue angle of 240.94°, a saturation of 34.78% and a lightness of 36.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3d3c7c is made of 24.71% cyan, 25.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 51.37% black ink.
| HEX | #3d3c7c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(61,60,124) |
| RGB Percentage | 25%, 24%, 51% |
| CMYK | 24.71, 25.1, 0, 51.37 |
| HSL | hsl(240.94,34.78%,36.08%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(240.94,51.61%,48.63%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(28.5879,19.1599,-36.408) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.1784,5.6791,19.7866) |