Blue Hour 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 | #ffcb54 |
| Complementary Color | #ab7600 |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (221.75° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 33.53% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Hour Color. The Flying Fish Blue 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 Bright Midnight (#011993) for more calm effect. Try Blue Angel as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ab7600 is the best complementary color to Blue Hour. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #0034ab complementary color is Pirate Gold, 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 International Klein Blue are #0089ab and #2100ab. Thus found on the left and right of #0034ab on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Deep Cerulean and Dark Blue colors as they work well with Blue Hour.
The split-complementary Blue Hour palette consists of #89ab00 and #ab2100 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ab7600). Try Limeade and Milano Red colors in combination with #0034ab, 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 #0034ab 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 Blue Hour. Thus Limeade and Burgundy giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Hour contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pirate Gold, Flirt, and Green Haze split by 90° on the color wheel. #0034ab 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. Blue Hour tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#ab7600) and two others. The Burgundy is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Jade – 120° from the complementary Pirate Gold. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ab0034 and #00ab77.
In a RGB color space, hex #0034ab is made of 0% red, 23% green and 77% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Hour has a hue angle of 221.75°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 33.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0034ab is made of 67.06% cyan, 46.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.94% black ink.
| HEX | #0034ab |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,52,171) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 23%, 77% |
| CMYK | 67.06, 46.67, 0, 32.94 |
| HSL | hsl(221.75,100%,33.53%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(221.75,100%,67.06%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(27.8351,35.339,-66.6006) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.5787,5.3963,39.1175) |