Tulip Soft Blue Color

#c3c4d6

Tulip Soft Blue is pale, 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 #3c3b29
Complementary Color #d6d4c3
Color Shade: cool blue (236.84° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 80.2% (better contrasting with white)
Tulip Soft Blue Color Sample
Tulip Soft Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c3c4d6

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Tulip Soft Blue Color. The Water Iris color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Wisteria Light Soft Blue (#a6a8c5) for more energetic effect. Try Lady's Slipper as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#d6d4c3 is the best complementary color to Tulip Soft 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 #c3c4d6 complementary color is Moon Mist, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Ghost are #c3cdd6 and #cbc3d6. Thus found on the left and right of #c3c4d6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Loblolly and Gray Suit colors as they work well with Tulip Soft Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tulip Soft Blue palette consists of #cdd6c3 and #d6cbc3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d6d4c3). Try Pale Leaf and Swirl colors in combination with #c3c4d6, 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 #c3c4d6 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 Tulip Soft Blue. Thus Tasman and Cold Turkey giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tulip Soft Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Moon Mist, Maverick, and Conch split by 90° on the color wheel. #c3c4d6 square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool 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. Tulip Soft Blue tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#d6d4c3) and two others. The Cold Turkey is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Nebula – 120° from the complementary Moon Mist. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d6c3c4 and #c3d6d4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c3c4d6 is made of 32% red, 32% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Tulip Soft Blue has a hue angle of 236.84°, a saturation of 18.81% and a lightness of 80.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c3c4d6 is made of 7.45% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black ink.

HEX #c3c4d6
RGB Decimal rgb(195,196,214)
RGB Percentage 32%, 32%, 35%
CMYK 7.45, 7.06, 0, 16.08
HSL hsl(236.84,18.81%,80.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(236.84,8.88%,83.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.5779,3.1191,-9.0883)
XYZ xyz(54.3832,55.937,71.5489)
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