Swedish Blue Color

#007eb1

Swedish 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 #ff814e
Complementary Color #b13200
Color Shade: cool cyan (197.29° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 34.71% (better contrasting with white)
Swedish Blue Color Sample
Swedish Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #007eb1

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Swedish Blue Color. The Waterworld 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 Isle of Capri (#0099c9) for more calm effect. Try Eastern Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b13200 is the best complementary color to Swedish 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 #007eb1 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 #00b18b and #0025b1. Thus found on the left and right of #007eb1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Persian Green and International Klein Blue colors as they work well with Swedish Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Swedish Blue palette consists of #b18b00 and #b10025 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b13200). Try Pirate Gold and Monza colors in combination with #007eb1, 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 #007eb1 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 Swedish Blue. Thus Limeade and Flirt giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Swedish Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fire, Purple, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #007eb1 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. Swedish Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#b13200) 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 #b1007e and #00b133.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #007eb1 is made of 0% red, 42% green and 58% blue. In a HSL mode Swedish Blue has a hue angle of 197.29°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 34.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #007eb1 is made of 69.41% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 30.59% black ink.

HEX #007eb1
RGB Decimal rgb(0,126,177)
RGB Percentage 0%, 42%, 58%
CMYK 69.41, 20, 0, 30.59
HSL hsl(197.29,100%,34.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(197.29,100%,69.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.6124,-10.2495,-35.0476)
XYZ xyz(15.3967,18.096,44.2764)
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