Cobalt Glaze Color

#0072b5

Cobalt Glaze 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 #ff8d4a
Complementary Color #b54300
Color Shade: cool cyan (202.21° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 35.49% (better contrasting with white)
Cobalt Glaze Color Sample
Cobalt Glaze Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0072b5

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cobalt Glaze Color. The High Profile 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 Techno Blue (#006b8b) for more calm effect. Try Sea Cave as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b54300 is the best complementary color to Cobalt Glaze. 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 #0072b5 complementary color is Fire, 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 Deep Cerulean are #00b59d and #0017b5. Thus found on the left and right of #0072b5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Persian Green and International Klein Blue colors as they work well with Cobalt Glaze.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cobalt Glaze palette consists of #b59d00 and #b50017 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b54300). Try Buddha Gold and Guardsman Red colors in combination with #0072b5, 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 #0072b5 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 Cobalt Glaze. Thus Limeade and Flirt giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cobalt Glaze contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fire, Purple, and Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #0072b5 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. Cobalt Glaze tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#b54300) and two others. The Flirt is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Jade – 120° from the complementary Fire. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b50071 and #00b543.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0072b5 is made of 0% red, 39% green and 61% blue. In a HSL mode Cobalt Glaze has a hue angle of 202.21°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 35.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0072b5 is made of 70.98% cyan, 26.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 29.02% black ink.

HEX #0072b5
RGB Decimal rgb(0,114,181)
RGB Percentage 0%, 39%, 61%
CMYK 70.98, 26.27, 0, 29.02
HSL hsl(202.21,100%,35.49%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(202.21,100%,70.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.138,-1.5471,-42.856)
XYZ xyz(14.3578,15.3708,45.9262)
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