Beaded Blue is soft, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or cool red
| Inverse Color | #b6b274 |
| Complementary Color | #8b8749 |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (236.36° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 41.57% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Beaded Blue Color. The Raven Night color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Deep Cobalt (#404466) for more calm effect. Try Chronicle as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8b8749 is the best complementary color to Beaded Blue. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #494d8b complementary color is Shadow, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of East Bay are #496d8b and #66498b. Thus found on the left and right of #494d8b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bismark and Affair colors as they work well with Beaded Blue.
The split-complementary Beaded Blue palette consists of #6d8b49 and #8b6649 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8b8749). Try Dingley and Spicy Mix colors in combination with #494d8b, 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 #494d8b offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Beaded Blue. Thus Hippie Green and Copper Rust giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Beaded Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shadow, Cannon Pink, and Viridian split by 90° on the color wheel. #494d8b square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Beaded Blue tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#8b8749) and two others. The Copper Rust is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Smalt Blue – 120° from the complementary Shadow. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8b494c and #498b87.
In a RGB color space, hex #494d8b is made of 25% red, 27% green and 48% blue. In a HSL mode Beaded Blue has a hue angle of 236.36°, a saturation of 31.13% and a lightness of 41.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #494d8b is made of 25.88% cyan, 24.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.49% black ink.
| HEX | #494d8b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(73,77,139) |
| RGB Percentage | 25%, 27%, 48% |
| CMYK | 25.88, 24.31, 0, 45.49 |
| HSL | hsl(236.36,31.13%,41.57%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(236.36,47.48%,54.51%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(35.1792,15.9273,-35.1254) |
| XYZ | xyz(10.0617,8.5883,25.5535) |