Blue Ribbon Beauty is calm, 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 | #c19b6f |
| Complementary Color | #906a3e |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (212.2° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 40.39% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Ribbon Beauty Color. The Stormy Ridge color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Ensign Blue (#384c67) for more calm effect. Try Naval Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#906a3e is the best complementary color to Blue Ribbon Beauty. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3e6490 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 mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Chambray are #3e8c90 and #413e90. Thus found on the left and right of #3e6490 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Paradiso and Gigas colors as they work well with Blue Ribbon Beauty.
The split-complementary Blue Ribbon Beauty palette consists of #8c903e and #90413e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#906a3e). Try Sycamore and Tosca colors in combination with #3e6490, 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 #3e6490 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 Blue Ribbon Beauty. Thus Apple and Vin Rouge giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Ribbon Beauty contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Potters Clay, Plum, and Goblin split by 90° on the color wheel. #3e6490 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Blue Ribbon Beauty tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#906a3e) 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 #903e63 and #3e906a.
In a RGB color space, hex #3e6490 is made of 20% red, 33% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Ribbon Beauty has a hue angle of 212.2°, a saturation of 39.81% and a lightness of 40.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3e6490 is made of 32.16% cyan, 17.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.53% black ink.
| HEX | #3e6490 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(62,100,144) |
| RGB Percentage | 20%, 33%, 47% |
| CMYK | 32.16, 17.25, 0, 43.53 |
| HSL | hsl(212.2,39.81%,40.39%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(212.2,56.94%,56.47%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(41.4568,0.1972,-28.3024) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.5778,12.1521,28.1209) |