Pacific Depths Color

#004488

Pacific Depths is soft, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #fb7
Complementary Color #840
Color Shade: cool cyan (210° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 26.67% (better contrasting with white)
Pacific Depths Color Sample
Pacific Depths Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #004488

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Pacific Depths Color. The Jetski Race color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Blue Leviathan (#032a62) for more calm effect. Try Old Glory Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#840 is the best complementary color to Pacific Depths. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #048 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #008788 and #008. Thus found on the left and right of #048 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Teal and White Lilac colors as they work well with Pacific Depths.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pacific Depths palette consists of #878800 and #800 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#840). Try Olive and White colors in combination with #048, 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 #048 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pacific Depths. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pacific Depths contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Fresh Eggplant, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #048 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, mid magenta, warm red and warm 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. Pacific Depths tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#840) and two others. The White 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 #804 and #084.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #004488 is made of 0% red, 33% green and 67% blue. In a HSL mode Pacific Depths has a hue angle of 210°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 26.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #004488 is made of 53.33% cyan, 26.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 46.67% black ink.

HEX #004488
RGB Decimal rgb(0,68,136)
RGB Percentage 0%, 33%, 67%
CMYK 53.33, 26.66, 0, 46.67
HSL hsl(210,100%,26.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(210,100%,53.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(29.1889,9.8056,-43.0528)
XYZ xyz(6.5111,5.9118,24.0905)
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