Beijing Blue Color

#3e7daa

Beijing Blue is calm, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #c18255
Complementary Color #aa6b3e
Color Shade: cool cyan (205° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 45.49% (better contrasting with white)
Beijing Blue Color Sample
Beijing Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3e7daa

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Beijing Blue Color. The Heritage Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Naval Passage (#386782) for more calm effect. Try Mountain Bluebird as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#aa6b3e is the best complementary color to Beijing Blue. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3e7daa complementary color is Brown Rust, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Steel Blue are #3eaaa1 and #3e46aa. Thus found on the left and right of #3e7daa on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Keppel and Azure colors as they work well with Beijing Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Beijing Blue palette consists of #aaa13e and #aa3e46 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#aa6b3e). Try Sycamore and Apple Blossom colors in combination with #3e7daa, 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 #3e7daa offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Beijing Blue. Thus Sushi and Rouge giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Beijing Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Brown Rust, Vivid Violet, and Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #3e7daa square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Beijing Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#aa6b3e) and two others. The Rouge is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chateau Green – 120° from the complementary Brown Rust. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #aa3e7c and #3eaa6b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3e7daa is made of 17% red, 35% green and 48% blue. In a HSL mode Beijing Blue has a hue angle of 205°, a saturation of 46.55% and a lightness of 45.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3e7daa is made of 42.36% cyan, 17.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #3e7daa
RGB Decimal rgb(62,125,170)
RGB Percentage 17%, 35%, 48%
CMYK 42.36, 17.65, 0, 33.33
HSL hsl(205,46.55%,45.49%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(205,63.53%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.2084,-6.0302,-29.9717)
XYZ xyz(16.5759,18.5936,40.7455)
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