Morning Star is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta
| Inverse Color | #3c2e1a |
| Complementary Color | #e4d6c3 |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (215.29° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 83.14% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Morning Star Color. The Baltic Bream 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 saturated alternative called Lavender Phlox (#a6badf) for more energetic effect. Try Bellflower Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#e4d6c3 is the best complementary color to Morning Star. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c3d1e5 complementary color is Bone, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Periwinkle Gray are #c3e2e4 and #c5c3e4. Thus found on the left and right of #c3d1e5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ziggurat and Periwinkle Gray colors as they work well with Morning Star.
The split-complementary Morning Star palette consists of #e2e4c3 and #e4c5c3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e4d6c3). Try Beryl Green and Cavern Pink colors in combination with #c3d1e5, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #c3d1e5 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 Morning Star. Thus Beryl Green and Melanie giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Morning Star contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bone, Melanie, and Surf Crest split by 90° on the color wheel. #c3d1e5 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Morning Star tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#e4d6c3) and two others. The Melanie is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Skeptic – 120° from the complementary Bone. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e4c3d1 and #c3e4d6.
In a RGB color space, hex #c3d1e5 is made of 31% red, 33% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Morning Star has a hue angle of 215.29°, a saturation of 39.53% and a lightness of 83.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c3d1e5 is made of 13.33% cyan, 7.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black ink.
| HEX | #c3d1e5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(195,209,229) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 33%, 36% |
| CMYK | 13.33, 7.84, 0, 10.2 |
| HSL | hsl(215.29,39.53%,83.14%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(215.29,14.85%,89.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.3688,-0.7126,-11.4678) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.449,62.8602,83.1287) |