Bluealicious Color

#0000dd

Bluealicious 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 #ff2
Complementary Color #dcdd00
Color Shade: cool blue (240° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 43.33% (better contrasting with white)
Bluealicious Color Sample
Bluealicious Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0000dd

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Bluealicious Color. The Slice of Heaven color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Blue Pencil (#2200ff) for more calm effect. Try Rich Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#dcdd00 is the best complementary color to Bluealicious. 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 #00d complementary color is Turbo, 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 #006edd and #6e00dd. Thus found on the left and right of #00d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Science Blue and Electric Violet colors as they work well with Bluealicious.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bluealicious palette consists of #6edd00 and #dd6e00 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dcdd00). Try Bright Green and Mango Tango colors in combination with #00d, 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 #00d 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 Bluealicious. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bluealicious contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Turbo, Razzmatazz, and Spring Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #00d 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. Bluealicious tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#dcdd00) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Robin's Egg Blue – 120° from the complementary Turbo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d00 and #00dcdd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0000dd is made of 0% red, 0% green and 100% blue. In a HSL mode Bluealicious has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0000dd is made of 86.67% cyan, 86.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black ink.

HEX #0000dd
RGB Decimal rgb(0,0,221)
RGB Percentage 0%, 0%, 100%
CMYK 86.67, 86.67, 0, 13.33
HSL hsl(240,100%,43.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(240,100%,86.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(27.3538,71.0827,-96.8127)
XYZ xyz(13.0511,5.2205,68.7264)
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