Rainy Lake Color

#3f6c8f

Rainy Lake 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 #c09370
Complementary Color #8f623f
Color Shade: cool cyan (206.25° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 40.39% (better contrasting with white)
Rainy Lake Color Sample
Rainy Lake Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3f6c8f

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Rainy Lake Color. The Velvet Rope color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Dirty Blue (#3f829d) for more energetic effect. Try Hemisphere as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8f623f is the best complementary color to Rainy Lake. 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 #3f6c8f complementary color is Potters Clay, 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 Ming are #3f8f8a and #3f438f. Thus found on the left and right of #3f6c8f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ming and Victoria colors as they work well with Rainy Lake.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rainy Lake palette consists of #8f8a3f and #8f3f43 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8f623f). Try Sycamore and Tosca colors in combination with #3f6c8f, 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 #3f6c8f 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 Rainy Lake. Thus Sycamore and Cannon Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rainy Lake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Potters Clay, Vivid Violet, and Goblin split by 90° on the color wheel. #3f6c8f 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. Rainy Lake tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#8f623f) and two others. The Cannon Pink 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 #8f3f6b and #3f8f62.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3f6c8f is made of 20% red, 34% green and 46% blue. In a HSL mode Rainy Lake has a hue angle of 206.25°, a saturation of 38.83% and a lightness of 40.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3f6c8f is made of 31.37% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.92% black ink.

HEX #3f6c8f
RGB Decimal rgb(63,108,143)
RGB Percentage 20%, 34%, 46%
CMYK 31.37, 13.73, 0, 43.92
HSL hsl(206.25,38.83%,40.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(206.25,55.94%,56.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.8941,-4.7768,-23.9046)
XYZ xyz(12.3704,13.7651,27.9915)
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