Cerulean color
A clear, mid-light sky blue. Open and bright.
- Hex
- #3A8FC9
- RGB
- 58, 143, 201
- OKLCH
- 62.5% 0.119 242.2
- Value
- 6 of 10
- Family
- Blue
Cerulean tints, tones and shades
A tint adds white, a tone adds gray of the same lightness, and a shade adds black. Each row starts with cerulean itself.
Tints
#3A8FC9#66A6D5#8DBCE0#B3D2EB#D9E9F5
Tones
#3A8FC9#4F8EBC#608DAF#6F8CA2#7B8A95
Shades
#3A8FC9#2D6C99#1F4C6B#132D40#07121A
The opposite of cerulean
Opposite cerulean on the color wheel sits copper, #976A4D. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.
Cerulean
Copper
Colors that go with cerulean
With its opposite
#3A8FC9 · #D0E3F3 · #877062 · #976A4D · #271B13
With its neighbors
#0B98AD · #3A8FC9 · #6F82CF · #C6DDF0 · #132D40
One color, light to dark
#E2EEF8 · #6F8CA2 · #3A8FC9 · #193C55 · #07121A
Cerulean in paintings
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