True Navy 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 | #c0ad88 |
| Complementary Color | #77633f |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (219.64° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 35.69% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to True Navy Color. The Midnight Dream color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Snake River (#45698c) for more energetic effect. Try Wickford Bay as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#77633f is the best complementary color to True Navy. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3f5277 complementary color is Yellow Metal, 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 East Bay are #3f6e77 and #473f77. Thus found on the left and right of #3f5277 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Faded Jade and East Bay colors as they work well with True Navy.
The split-complementary True Navy palette consists of #6e773f and #77473f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#77633f). Try Yellow Metal and Spicy Mix colors in combination with #3f5277, 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 #3f5277 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 True Navy. Thus Fern Green and Cosmic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of True Navy contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Yellow Metal, Cosmic, and Goblin split by 90° on the color wheel. #3f5277 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. True Navy tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#77633f) and two others. The Cosmic is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Viridian – 120° from the complementary Yellow Metal. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #773f52 and #3f7763.
In a RGB color space, hex #3f5277 is made of 24% red, 31% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode True Navy has a hue angle of 219.64°, a saturation of 30.77% and a lightness of 35.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3f5277 is made of 21.96% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 53.33% black ink.
| HEX | #3f5277 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(63,82,119) |
| RGB Percentage | 24%, 31%, 45% |
| CMYK | 21.96, 14.51, 0, 53.33 |
| HSL | hsl(219.64,30.77%,35.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(219.64,47.06%,46.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(34.8493,3.5107,-23.3727) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.397,8.4233,18.636) |