Spartan Blue Color

#7a8898

Spartan Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #857767
Complementary Color #988a79
Color Shade: blue cyan (212° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 53.73% (better contrasting with white)
Spartan Blue Color Sample
Spartan Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7a8898

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Spartan Blue Color. The Colony Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Dapper Greyhound (#697078) for more calm effect. Try Grey Wolf as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#988a79 is the best complementary color to Spartan Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7a8898 complementary color is Pale Oyster, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Slate Gray are #799798 and #7a7998. Thus found on the left and right of #7a8898 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Juniper and Waterloo colors as they work well with Spartan Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spartan Blue palette consists of #979879 and #987a79 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#988a79). Try Gurkha and Bazaar colors in combination with #7a8898, 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 #7a8898 offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Spartan Blue. Thus Battleship Gray and Mountbatten Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spartan Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pale Oyster, Mountbatten Pink, and Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #7a8898 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Spartan Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#988a79) and two others. The Mountbatten Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oxley – 120° from the complementary Pale Oyster. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #987987 and #79988a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7a8898 is made of 30% red, 33% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Spartan Blue has a hue angle of 212°, a saturation of 12.71% and a lightness of 53.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7a8898 is made of 11.77% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 40.39% black ink.

HEX #7a8898
RGB Decimal rgb(122,136,152)
RGB Percentage 30%, 33%, 37%
CMYK 11.77, 6.28, 0, 40.39
HSL hsl(212,12.71%,53.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(212,19.74%,59.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(56.1007,-1.486,-10.2413)
XYZ xyz(22.4977,24.0129,33.155)
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