UA Blue is deep, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta
| Inverse Color | #fc5 |
| Complementary Color | #a70 |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (222° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 33.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to UA Blue Color. The Cold Pack color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Fright Night (#004499) for more calm effect. Try Bright Midnight as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#a70 is the best complementary color to UA Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #03a complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #0087aa and #2100aa. Thus found on the left and right of #03a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Deep Cerulean and Dark Blue colors as they work well with UA Blue.
The split-complementary UA Blue palette consists of #87aa00 and #a20 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a70). Try Limeade and White colors in combination with #03a, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #03a offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the UA Blue. Thus Limeade and Carmine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of UA Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Flirt, and Green Haze split by 90° on the color wheel. #03a square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. UA Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#a70) and two others. The Carmine 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 #aa0032 and #0a7.
In a RGB color space, hex #0033aa is made of 0% red, 23% green and 77% blue. In a HSL mode UA Blue has a hue angle of 222°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 33.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0033aa is made of 66.67% cyan, 46.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black ink.
| HEX | #0033aa |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,51,170) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 23%, 77% |
| CMYK | 66.67, 46.67, 0, 33.33 |
| HSL | hsl(222,100%,33.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(222,100%,66.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(27.4904,35.6057,-66.5684) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.4395,5.2699,38.6026) |