Sixties Blue Color

#0079a9

Sixties Blue 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 #ff8656
Complementary Color #a93000
Color Shade: cool cyan (197.04° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 33.14% (better contrasting with white)
Sixties Blue Color Sample
Sixties Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0079a9

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sixties Blue Color. The Quintana color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Germander Speedwell (#0094c8) for more calm effect. Try Enamel Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a93000 is the best complementary color to Sixties Blue. 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 #0079a9 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 #00a984 and #0024a9. Thus found on the left and right of #0079a9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Persian Green and International Klein Blue colors as they work well with Sixties Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sixties Blue palette consists of #a98400 and #a90024 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a93000). Try Pirate Gold and Carmine colors in combination with #0079a9, 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 #0079a9 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 Sixties Blue. Thus Limeade and Flirt giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sixties Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fire, Purple, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #0079a9 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. Sixties Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#a93000) 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 #a90078 and #00a930.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0079a9 is made of 0% red, 42% green and 58% blue. In a HSL mode Sixties Blue has a hue angle of 197.04°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 33.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0079a9 is made of 66.27% cyan, 18.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.73% black ink.

HEX #0079a9
RGB Decimal rgb(0,121,169)
RGB Percentage 0%, 42%, 58%
CMYK 66.27, 18.82, 0, 33.73
HSL hsl(197.04,100%,33.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(197.04,100%,66.27%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.6743,-10.4072,-33.4454)
XYZ xyz(13.9988,16.5393,39.9907)
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