Song Bird Color

#0078af

Song Bird is calm, 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 #ff8750
Complementary Color #af3600
Color Shade: cool cyan (198.86° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 34.31% (better contrasting with white)
Song Bird Color Sample
Song Bird Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0078af

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Song Bird Color. The Dynamic Blue 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 Harem Silk (#006383) for more calm effect. Try Barrier Reef as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#af3600 is the best complementary color to Song Bird. 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 #0078af 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 #00af8e and #0020af. Thus found on the left and right of #0078af on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Persian Green and International Klein Blue colors as they work well with Song Bird.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Song Bird palette consists of #af8e00 and #af0020 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#af3600). Try Pirate Gold and Carmine colors in combination with #0078af, 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 #0078af 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 Song Bird. Thus Limeade and Flirt giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Song Bird contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fire, Purple, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #0078af 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. Song Bird tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#af3600) and two others. The Flirt is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green Haze – 120° from the complementary Fire. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #af0077 and #00af36.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0078af is made of 0% red, 41% green and 59% blue. In a HSL mode Song Bird has a hue angle of 198.86°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 34.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0078af is made of 68.63% cyan, 21.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.37% black ink.

HEX #0078af
RGB Decimal rgb(0,120,175)
RGB Percentage 0%, 41%, 59%
CMYK 68.63, 21.57, 0, 31.37
HSL hsl(198.86,100%,34.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(198.86,100%,68.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.6598,-7.5114,-36.9603)
XYZ xyz(14.4543,16.5281,42.9859)
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