For the Love of Hue Color

#457e87

For the Love of Hue is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta

Inverse Color #ba8178
Complementary Color #874e45
Color Shade: mid cyan (188.18° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 40% (better contrasting with white)
For the Love of Hue Color Sample
For the Love of Hue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #457e87

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to For the Love of Hue Color. The Planet Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Pedigree (#31646e) for more energetic effect. Try Smock Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#874e45 is the best complementary color to For the Love of Hue. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #457e87 complementary color is Spicy Mix, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Bismark are #45876f and #455c87. Thus found on the left and right of #457e87 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Viridian and East Bay colors as they work well with For the Love of Hue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary For the Love of Hue palette consists of #876f45 and #87455c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#874e45). Try Shadow and Cannon Pink colors in combination with #457e87, 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 #457e87 offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the For the Love of Hue. Thus Sycamore and Cannon Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of For the Love of Hue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spicy Mix, Affair, and Hippie Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #457e87 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow 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. For the Love of Hue tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#874e45) and two others. The Cannon Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Goblin – 120° from the complementary Spicy Mix. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #87457e and #45874e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #457e87 is made of 21% red, 38% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode For the Love of Hue has a hue angle of 188.18°, a saturation of 32.35% and a lightness of 40%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #457e87 is made of 25.88% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.06% black ink.

HEX #457e87
RGB Decimal rgb(69,126,135)
RGB Percentage 21%, 38%, 41%
CMYK 25.88, 3.53, 0, 47.06
HSL hsl(188.18,32.35%,40%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(188.18,48.89%,52.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.4186,-16.1184,-10.6987)
XYZ xyz(14.2883,17.9362,25.6306)
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