Inlet Harbor Color

#3f586e

Inlet Harbor is pale, 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 #c0a791
Complementary Color #6e553f
Color Shade: cool cyan (208.09° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 33.92% (better contrasting with white)
Inlet Harbor Color Sample
Inlet Harbor Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3f586e

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Inlet Harbor Color. The Postwar Boom color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Inky Blue (#4e7287) for more calm effect. Try Blue Stone as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6e553f is the best complementary color to Inlet Harbor. 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 #3f586e complementary color is Tobacco Brown, 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 Fiord are #3f6e6c and #3f406e. Thus found on the left and right of #3f586e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching William and East Bay colors as they work well with Inlet Harbor.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Inlet Harbor palette consists of #6e6c3f and #6e3f40 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e553f). Try Yellow Metal and Congo Brown colors in combination with #3f586e, 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 #3f586e 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 Inlet Harbor. Thus Chalet Green and Cosmic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Inlet Harbor contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tobacco Brown, Voodoo, and Killarney split by 90° on the color wheel. #3f586e 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. Inlet Harbor tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#6e553f) and two others. The Cosmic is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Killarney – 120° from the complementary Tobacco Brown. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6e3f58 and #3f6e55.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3f586e is made of 24% red, 34% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Inlet Harbor has a hue angle of 208.09°, a saturation of 27.17% and a lightness of 33.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3f586e is made of 18.43% cyan, 8.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.86% black ink.

HEX #3f586e
RGB Decimal rgb(63,88,110)
RGB Percentage 24%, 34%, 42%
CMYK 18.43, 8.63, 0, 56.86
HSL hsl(208.09,27.17%,33.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(208.09,42.73%,43.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.2943,-3.0977,-15.5528)
XYZ xyz(8.3541,9.162,16.08)
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