Epic Blue Color

#0066ee

Epic 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 #f91
Complementary Color #ee8700
Color Shade: blue cyan (214.29° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 46.67% (better contrasting with white)
Epic Blue Color Sample
Epic Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0066ee

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Epic Blue Color. The Pacific Bridge 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 Science Blue (#0076cc) for more calm effect. Try London Rain as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ee8700 is the best complementary color to Epic 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 #06e 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 #0de and #1000ee. Thus found on the left and right of #06e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and Blue colors as they work well with Epic Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Epic Blue palette consists of #de0 and #ee1000 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ee8700). Try White and Red colors in combination with #06e, 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 #06e 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 Epic Blue. Thus White and Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Epic Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tangerine, White, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #06e 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. Epic Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#ee8700) and two others. The Rose 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 #ee0065 and #00ee87.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0066ee is made of 0% red, 30% green and 70% blue. In a HSL mode Epic Blue has a hue angle of 214.29°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 46.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0066ee is made of 93.33% cyan, 53.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #0066ee
RGB Decimal rgb(0,102,238)
RGB Percentage 0%, 30%, 70%
CMYK 93.33, 53.33, 0, 6.67
HSL hsl(214.29,100%,46.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(214.29,100%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.5462,28.7085,-74.7511)
XYZ xyz(20.184,15.6758,82.8508)
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