Princess 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 | #ffac63 |
| Complementary Color | #9c4900 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (208.08° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 30.59% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Princess Blue Color. The Peacock Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Ateneo Blue (#003a6c) for more calm effect. Try Azure Dragon as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#9c4900 is the best complementary color to Princess 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 #00539c complementary color is Brown, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Endeavour are #009c97 and #00049c. Thus found on the left and right of #00539c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Persian Green and Navy Blue colors as they work well with Princess Blue.
The split-complementary Princess Blue palette consists of #9c9700 and #9c0004 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9c4900). Try Olive and Sangria colors in combination with #00539c, 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 #00539c 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 Princess Blue. Thus Limeade and Fresh Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Princess Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Brown, Purple, and Japanese Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #00539c square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Princess Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#9c4900) and two others. The Fresh Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green Haze – 120° from the complementary Brown. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9c0052 and #009c49.
In a RGB color space, hex #00539c is made of 0% red, 35% green and 65% blue. In a HSL mode Princess Blue has a hue angle of 208.08°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 30.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00539c is made of 61.18% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.82% black ink.
| HEX | #00539c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,83,156) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 35%, 65% |
| CMYK | 61.18, 28.63, 0, 38.82 |
| HSL | hsl(208.08,100%,30.59%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(208.08,100%,61.18%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(35.1763,8.1,-45.6048) |
| XYZ | xyz(9.094,8.5868,32.6306) |