Antarctic Circle Color

#0000bb

Antarctic Circle is deep, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, cool green or mid red

Inverse Color #ff4
Complementary Color #babb00
Color Shade: cool blue (240° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 36.67% (better contrasting with white)
Antarctic Circle Color Sample
Antarctic Circle Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0000bb

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Antarctic Circle Color. The Yves Klein Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Blue Angel (#0022dd) for more calm effect. Try Phthalo Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#babb00 is the best complementary color to Antarctic Circle. Mid yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #00b complementary color is Buddha Gold, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #005dbb and #5d00bb. Thus found on the left and right of #00b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Science Blue and Purple colors as they work well with Antarctic Circle.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Antarctic Circle palette consists of #5dbb00 and #bb5d00 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#babb00). Try Limeade and Rose of Sharon colors in combination with #00b, 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 #00b offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Antarctic Circle. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Antarctic Circle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Buddha Gold, Lipstick, and Jade split by 90° on the color wheel. #00b square combo is a palette of cool blue, red magenta, mid 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. Antarctic Circle tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#babb00) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Robin's Egg Blue – 120° from the complementary Buddha Gold. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b00 and #00babb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0000bb is made of 0% red, 0% green and 100% blue. In a HSL mode Antarctic Circle has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 36.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0000bb is made of 73.33% cyan, 73.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #0000bb
RGB Decimal rgb(0,0,187)
RGB Percentage 0%, 0%, 100%
CMYK 73.33, 73.33, 0, 26.67
HSL hsl(240,100%,36.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(240,100%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(22.2592,62.7296,-85.4361)
XYZ xyz(8.9696,3.5879,47.2335)
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