Blue Chaise Color

#4b8ca9

Blue Chaise 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 #b47356
Complementary Color #a9674a
Color Shade: cool cyan (198.51° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 47.84% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Chaise Color Sample
Blue Chaise Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4b8ca9

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Chaise Color. The English River color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Harbour Blue (#417491) for more calm effect. Try Explorer Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a9674a is the best complementary color to Blue Chaise. 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 #4b8ca9 complementary color is Cape Palliser, 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 Wedgewood are #4aa997 and #4a5ca9. Thus found on the left and right of #4b8ca9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tradewind and San Marino colors as they work well with Blue Chaise.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Chaise palette consists of #a9974a and #a94a5c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a9674a). Try Driftwood and Hippie Pink colors in combination with #4b8ca9, 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 #4b8ca9 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 Blue Chaise. Thus Chelsea Cucumber and Tapestry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Chaise contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cape Palliser, Studio, and Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #4b8ca9 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. Blue Chaise tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#a9674a) and two others. The Tapestry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chateau Green – 120° from the complementary Cape Palliser. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a94a8c and #4aa968.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4b8ca9 is made of 20% red, 36% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Chaise has a hue angle of 198.51°, a saturation of 38.52% and a lightness of 47.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4b8ca9 is made of 36.86% cyan, 11.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.73% black ink.

HEX #4b8ca9
RGB Decimal rgb(75,140,169)
RGB Percentage 20%, 36%, 44%
CMYK 36.86, 11.37, 0, 33.73
HSL hsl(198.51,38.52%,47.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(198.51,55.62%,66.27%)
CIE-LAB lab(55.1922,-12.264,-21.6471)
XYZ xyz(19.4412,23.1166,40.9734)
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