Bunglehouse Blue Color

#46616e

Bunglehouse 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 #b99e91
Complementary Color #6e5345
Color Shade: cool cyan (199.5° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 35.29% (better contrasting with white)
Bunglehouse Blue Color Sample
Bunglehouse Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #46616e

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Bunglehouse Blue Color. The Rocky Hill color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Gale Force (#35454e) for more calm effect. Try Aristocratic Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6e5345 is the best complementary color to Bunglehouse 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 #46616e 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 Blue Bayoux are #456e67 and #454d6e. Thus found on the left and right of #46616e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cutty Sark and Fiord colors as they work well with Bunglehouse Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bunglehouse Blue palette consists of #6e6745 and #6e454d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e5345). Try Tobacco Brown and Ferra colors in combination with #46616e, 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 #46616e 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 Bunglehouse Blue. Thus Dingley and Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bunglehouse Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tobacco Brown, Mulled Wine, and Axolotl split by 90° on the color wheel. #46616e 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. Bunglehouse Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#6e5345) and two others. The Eggplant 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 #6e4561 and #456e53.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #46616e is made of 25% red, 35% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Bunglehouse Blue has a hue angle of 199.5°, a saturation of 22.22% and a lightness of 35.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #46616e is made of 15.69% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.86% black ink.

HEX #46616e
RGB Decimal rgb(70,97,110)
RGB Percentage 25%, 35%, 40%
CMYK 15.69, 5.1, 0, 56.86
HSL hsl(199.5,22.22%,35.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(199.5,36.36%,43.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.5422,-6.4325,-10.5717)
XYZ xyz(9.615,10.9773,16.3639)
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