Blue Lobster 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 | #fa5 |
| Complementary Color | #a50 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (210° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 33.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Lobster Color. The Blue Ruin 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 Mystery Oceans (#063c89) for more calm effect. Try Amalfitan Azure as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#a50 is the best complementary color to Blue Lobster. 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 #05a complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #00a9aa and #00a. Thus found on the left and right of #05a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Persian Green and White colors as they work well with Blue Lobster.
The split-complementary Blue Lobster palette consists of #a9aa00 and #a00 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a50). Try Buddha Gold and White colors in combination with #05a, 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 #05a 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 Blue Lobster. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Lobster contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Flirt, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #05a square combo is a palette of cool cyan, mid 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. Blue Lobster tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#a50) 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 #a05 and #0a5.
In a RGB color space, hex #0055aa is made of 0% red, 33% green and 67% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Lobster has a hue angle of 210°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 33.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0055aa is made of 66.67% cyan, 33.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black ink.
| HEX | #0055aa |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,85,170) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 33%, 67% |
| CMYK | 66.67, 33.34, 0, 33.33 |
| HSL | hsl(210,100%,33.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(210,100%,66.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(36.7419,12.6089,-51.4537) |
| XYZ | xyz(10.5042,9.3993,39.2908) |