Smalt Blue Color – #496267: Codes and Complete Breakdown

Before Prussian blue arrived in the 1700s and pushed it aside, smalt was the workhorse blue pigment in European painting, powdered cobalt glass, gritty and slightly grey. Rembrandt used it. This smalt blue color keeps that subdued, ground-glass depth, a dusty blue-grey with old-world gravity.

Smalt Blue Color Shades

Complementary colors

1. #496267

2. #6A4C46

Triadic colors

1. #496267

2. #6A4664

3. #646A46

Tints or lighter colors

1. #5E7E85

2. #77989F

3. #95AFB4

4. #B3C5C9

5. #D1DCDE

Darker colors

1. #344649

2. #1F292B

3. #0A0D0D

Analogous colors

1. #49674E

2. #49675D

3. #496267

4. #495367

5. #4E4967

Monochromatic colors

1. #223C42

2. #375960

3. #4F737B

4. #698D94

5. #8BA0A4

Smalt Blue Color Codes and Information

Complete breakdown of the color Smalt Blue: