Blue Beret 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 | #bf9c71 |
| Complementary Color | #8e6b40 |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (213.08° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 40.39% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Beret Color. The Mountain Blueberry 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 soft alternative called Biedermeier Blue (#507ca0) for more calm effect. Try Annapolis Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8e6b40 is the best complementary color to Blue Beret. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #40638e complementary color is Cape Palliser, 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 Chambray are #408a8e and #43408e. Thus found on the left and right of #40638e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ming and Victoria colors as they work well with Blue Beret.
The split-complementary Blue Beret palette consists of #8a8e40 and #8e4440 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8e6b40). Try Sycamore and Tosca colors in combination with #40638e, 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 #40638e 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 Blue Beret. Thus Fern Green and Cannon Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Beret contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cape Palliser, Plum, and Goblin split by 90° on the color wheel. #40638e 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. Blue Beret tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#8e6b40) and two others. The Cannon Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Viridian – 120° from the complementary Cape Palliser. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8e4062 and #408e6b.
In a RGB color space, hex #40638e is made of 21% red, 32% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Beret has a hue angle of 213.08°, a saturation of 37.86% and a lightness of 40.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #40638e is made of 30.59% cyan, 16.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.31% black ink.
| HEX | #40638e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(64,99,142) |
| RGB Percentage | 21%, 32%, 47% |
| CMYK | 30.59, 16.87, 0, 44.31 |
| HSL | hsl(213.08,37.86%,40.39%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(213.08,54.93%,55.69%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(41.1631,0.6103,-27.5527) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.4587,11.9667,27.297) |