Icelandic Water Color

#0011ff

Icelandic Water is deep, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or cool red

Inverse Color #fe0
Complementary Color #fe0
Color Shade: cool blue (236° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Icelandic Water Color Sample
Icelandic Water Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0011ff

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Icelandic Water Color. The Blue Bouquet color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Blinking Blue (#0033ff) for more calm effect. Try Nightly Escapade as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#fe0 is the best complementary color to Icelandic Water. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #01f complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #0090ff and #6e00ff. Thus found on the left and right of #01f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Azure Radiance and Electric Violet colors as they work well with Icelandic Water.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Icelandic Water palette consists of #90ff00 and #ff6e00 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fe0). Try Chartreuse and Blaze Orange colors in combination with #01f, 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 #01f offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Icelandic Water. Thus Green and Red giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Icelandic Water contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Rose, and Spring Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #01f square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm 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. Icelandic Water tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#fe0) and two others. The Red is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ff0010 and #0fe.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0011ff is made of 0% red, 6% green and 94% blue. In a HSL mode Icelandic Water has a hue angle of 236°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0011ff is made of 100% cyan, 93.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #0011ff
RGB Decimal rgb(0,17,255)
RGB Percentage 0%, 6%, 94%
CMYK 100, 93.33, 0, 0
HSL hsl(236,100%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(236,100%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.1805,76.4723,-106.3947)
XYZ xyz(18.2504,7.6209,95.1168)
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