Blue Gem Color

#4b3c8e

Blue Gem is deep, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red

Inverse Color #b4c371
Complementary Color #7e8e3c
Color Shade: mid blue (250.98° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 39.61% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Gem Color Sample
Blue Gem Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4b3c8e

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Gem Color. The Cosmic Cobalt color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Her Highness (#432e6f) for more energetic effect. Try Swiss Plum as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#7e8e3c is the best complementary color to Blue Gem. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4b3c8e complementary color is Sycamore, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Gigas are #3c568e and #733c8e. Thus found on the left and right of #4b3c8e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chambray and Vivid Violet colors as they work well with Blue Gem.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Gem palette consists of #568e3c and #8e743c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7e8e3c). Try Apple and Sycamore colors in combination with #4b3c8e, 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 #4b3c8e offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blue Gem. Thus Goblin and Ironstone giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Gem contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sycamore, Vin Rouge, and Viridian split by 90° on the color wheel. #4b3c8e square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green cyan 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. Blue Gem tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#7e8e3c) and two others. The Ironstone is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Ming – 120° from the complementary Sycamore. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8e4b3c and #3c7e8e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4b3c8e is made of 27% red, 22% green and 51% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Gem has a hue angle of 250.98°, a saturation of 40.59% and a lightness of 39.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4b3c8e is made of 26.28% cyan, 32.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #4b3c8e
RGB Decimal rgb(75,60,142)
RGB Percentage 27%, 22%, 51%
CMYK 26.28, 32.16, 0, 44.31
HSL hsl(250.98,40.59%,39.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(250.98,57.75%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.0684,28.3432,-43.5373)
XYZ xyz(9.4,6.6806,26.3852)
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