Madonna Color

#3f4250

Madonna is pale, 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 #c0bdaf
Complementary Color #4f4c3f
Color Shade: cool blue (229.41° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 28.04% (better contrasting with white)
Madonna Color Sample
Madonna Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3f4250

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Madonna Color. The Midnight Badger 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 saturated alternative called Deepest Fig (#454669) for more energetic effect. Try Black Cat as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4f4c3f is the best complementary color to Madonna. 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 #3f4250 complementary color is Armadillo, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Bright Gray are #3f4a4f and #443f4f. Thus found on the left and right of #3f4250 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Limed Spruce and Ship Gray colors as they work well with Madonna.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Madonna palette consists of #4a4f3f and #4f443f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4f4c3f). Try Kelp and Armadillo colors in combination with #3f4250, 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 #3f4250 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 Madonna. Thus Lunar Green and Matterhorn giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Madonna contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Armadillo, Matterhorn, and Gray Asparagus split by 90° on the color wheel. #3f4250 square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool 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. Madonna tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#4f4c3f) and two others. The Matterhorn is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cape Cod – 120° from the complementary Armadillo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4f3f42 and #3f4f4d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3f4250 is made of 30% red, 32% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Madonna has a hue angle of 229.41°, a saturation of 11.89% and a lightness of 28.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3f4250 is made of 6.66% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 68.63% black ink.

HEX #3f4250
RGB Decimal rgb(63,66,80)
RGB Percentage 30%, 32%, 38%
CMYK 6.66, 5.49, 0, 68.63
HSL hsl(229.41,11.89%,28.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(229.41,21.25%,31.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.2006,2.2407,-8.8318)
XYZ xyz(5.4461,5.5324,8.3702)
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