Blue Promise Color

#729cc2

Blue Promise 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 #8d633d
Complementary Color #c29871
Color Shade: cool cyan (208.5° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 60.39% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Promise Color Sample
Blue Promise Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #729cc2

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Promise Color. The Harbour Sky 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 saturated alternative called Granada Sky (#5d81bb) for more energetic effect. Try Mountain Main as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c29871 is the best complementary color to Blue Promise. 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 #729cc2 complementary color is Twine, 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 Glacier are #71c2bf and #7174c2. Thus found on the left and right of #729cc2 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Glacier and Blue Marguerite colors as they work well with Blue Promise.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Promise palette consists of #c2bf71 and #c27173 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c29871). Try Wild Willow and Contessa colors in combination with #729cc2, 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 #729cc2 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 Promise. Thus Olivine and Puce giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Promise contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Twine, Wisteria, and Mantis split by 90° on the color wheel. #729cc2 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 Promise tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#c29871) and two others. The Puce is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and De York – 120° from the complementary Twine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c2719c and #71c297.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #729cc2 is made of 25% red, 34% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Promise has a hue angle of 208.5°, a saturation of 39.6% and a lightness of 60.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #729cc2 is made of 31.37% cyan, 14.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.92% black ink.

HEX #729cc2
RGB Decimal rgb(114,156,194)
RGB Percentage 25%, 34%, 42%
CMYK 31.37, 14.9, 0, 23.92
HSL hsl(208.5,39.6%,60.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(208.5,41.24%,76.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(62.7176,-4.3825,-24.1048)
XYZ xyz(28.5655,31.2494,55.5651)
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