Opulent Blue Color

#0055ee

Opulent Blue is vivid, 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 #fa1
Complementary Color #ee9800
Color Shade: blue cyan (218.57° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 46.67% (better contrasting with white)
Opulent Blue Color Sample
Opulent Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0055ee

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Opulent Blue Color. The Once in a Blue Moon color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Blinking Blue (#0033ff) for more calm effect. Try Níu Zǎi Sè Denim as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ee9800 is the best complementary color to Opulent Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #05e complementary color is Tangerine, 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 #0ce and #2100ee. Thus found on the left and right of #05e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and Blue colors as they work well with Opulent Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Opulent Blue palette consists of #ce0 and #ee2100 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ee9800). Try White and Scarlet colors in combination with #05e, 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 #05e 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 Opulent Blue. Thus White and Razzmatazz giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Opulent Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tangerine, White, and Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #05e 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. Opulent Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#ee9800) and two others. The Razzmatazz is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spring Green – 120° from the complementary Tangerine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ee0054 and #00ee98.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0055ee is made of 0% red, 26% green and 74% blue. In a HSL mode Opulent Blue has a hue angle of 218.57°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 46.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0055ee is made of 93.33% cyan, 60% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #0055ee
RGB Decimal rgb(0,85,238)
RGB Percentage 0%, 26%, 74%
CMYK 93.33, 60, 0, 6.67
HSL hsl(218.57,100%,46.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(218.57,100%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(42.2618,39.5802,-81.7693)
XYZ xyz(18.6811,12.67,82.3499)
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