Once in a Blue Moon Color

#0044bb

Once in a Blue Moon 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 #fb4
Complementary Color #b70
Color Shade: blue cyan (218.18° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 36.67% (better contrasting with white)
Once in a Blue Moon Color Sample
Once in a Blue Moon Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0044bb

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Once in a Blue Moon Color. The Medium Electric Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Endeavour (#0056a7) for more calm effect. Try US Air Force Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b70 is the best complementary color to Once in a Blue Moon. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #04b complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

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 #00a1bb and #1900bb. Thus found on the left and right of #04b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pacific Blue and Dark Blue colors as they work well with Once in a Blue Moon.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Once in a Blue Moon palette consists of #a1bb00 and #bb1900 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b70). Try Pistachio and Milano Red colors in combination with #04b, 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 #04b 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 Once in a Blue Moon. Thus Limeade and Shiraz giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Once in a Blue Moon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Flirt, and Malachite split by 90° on the color wheel. #04b square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Once in a Blue Moon tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#b70) and two others. The Shiraz 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 #bb0043 and #0b7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0044bb is made of 0% red, 27% green and 73% blue. In a HSL mode Once in a Blue Moon has a hue angle of 218.18°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 36.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0044bb is made of 73.33% cyan, 46.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #0044bb
RGB Decimal rgb(0,68,187)
RGB Percentage 0%, 27%, 73%
CMYK 73.33, 46.66, 0, 26.67
HSL hsl(218.18,100%,36.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(218.18,100%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.3973,31.0139,-66.9652)
XYZ xyz(11.0368,7.7221,47.9225)
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