Celeste Blue Color

#406374

Celeste Blue 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 #bf9c8b
Complementary Color #74503f
Color Shade: cool cyan (199.62° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 35.29% (better contrasting with white)
Celeste Blue Color Sample
Celeste Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #406374

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Celeste Blue Color. The Night Owl color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Technical Blue (#587c8d) for more calm effect. Try Mallorca Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#74503f is the best complementary color to Celeste 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 #406374 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 William are #3f746a and #3f4974. Thus found on the left and right of #406374 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Faded Jade and East Bay colors as they work well with Celeste Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Celeste Blue palette consists of #746a3f and #743f49 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#74503f). Try Yellow Metal and Cosmic colors in combination with #406374, 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 #406374 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 Celeste Blue. Thus Dingley and Cosmic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Celeste Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tobacco Brown, Affair, and Fern Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #406374 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. Celeste Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#74503f) 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 #743f62 and #3f7450.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #406374 is made of 23% red, 35% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Celeste Blue has a hue angle of 199.62°, a saturation of 28.89% and a lightness of 35.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #406374 is made of 20.39% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 54.51% black ink.

HEX #406374
RGB Decimal rgb(64,99,116)
RGB Percentage 23%, 35%, 42%
CMYK 20.39, 6.67, 0, 54.51
HSL hsl(199.62,28.89%,35.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(199.62,44.83%,45.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(40.0392,-7.6608,-13.5243)
XYZ xyz(9.7286,11.2746,18.1865)
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