Macragge Blue Color

#004577

Macragge Blue 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 #ffba88
Complementary Color #773200
Color Shade: cool cyan (205.21° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 23.33% (better contrasting with white)
Macragge Blue Color Sample
Macragge Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #004577

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Macragge Blue Color. The Blue Leviathan color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Orient (#015e85) for more calm effect. Try Peptalk as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#773200 is the best complementary color to Macragge Blue. 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 #004577 complementary color is Red Beech, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Regal Blue are #00776d and #000977. Thus found on the left and right of #004577 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pine Green and Navy Blue colors as they work well with Macragge Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Macragge Blue palette consists of #776d00 and #770009 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#773200). Try Olive and Japanese Maple colors in combination with #004577, 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 #004577 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 Macragge Blue. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Macragge Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Red Beech, Pigment Indigo, and Japanese Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #004577 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool 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. Macragge Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#773200) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fun Green – 120° from the complementary Red Beech. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #704 and #007732.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #004577 is made of 0% red, 37% green and 63% blue. In a HSL mode Macragge Blue has a hue angle of 205.21°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 23.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #004577 is made of 46.67% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 53.33% black ink.

HEX #004577
RGB Decimal rgb(0,69,119)
RGB Percentage 0%, 37%, 63%
CMYK 46.67, 19.61, 0, 53.33
HSL hsl(205.21,100%,23.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(205.21,100%,46.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.3487,1.7419,-33.7959)
XYZ xyz(5.4579,5.5882,18.2437)
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