Enamel Blue Color

#007a8e

Enamel Blue is calm, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta

Inverse Color #ff8571
Complementary Color #8e1400
Color Shade: mid cyan (188.45° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 27.84% (better contrasting with white)
Enamel Blue Color Sample
Enamel Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #007a8e

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Enamel Blue Color. The Green Moblin color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Deep Peacock Blue (#008381) for more calm effect. Try Harem Silk as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8e1400 is the best complementary color to Enamel Blue. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #007a8e complementary color is Red Berry, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blue Lagoon are #008e5b and #00328e. Thus found on the left and right of #007a8e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Deep Sea and Smalt colors as they work well with Enamel Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Enamel Blue palette consists of #8e5b00 and #8e0032 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8e1400). Try Brown and Paprika colors in combination with #007a8e, 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 #007a8e offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Enamel Blue. Thus Olive and Fresh Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Enamel Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Red Berry, Purple, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #007a8e square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow 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. Enamel Blue tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#8e1400) and two others. The Fresh Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fun Green – 120° from the complementary Red Berry. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8e0079 and #008e14.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #007a8e is made of 0% red, 46% green and 54% blue. In a HSL mode Enamel Blue has a hue angle of 188.45°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 27.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #007a8e is made of 55.69% cyan, 7.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.31% black ink.

HEX #007a8e
RGB Decimal rgb(0,122,142)
RGB Percentage 0%, 46%, 54%
CMYK 55.69, 7.85, 0, 44.31
HSL hsl(188.45,100%,27.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(188.45,100%,55.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.8062,-20.9892,-18.9429)
XYZ xyz(11.842,15.8721,28.0307)
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