Azure Color

#007fff

Azure is vivid, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, warm green or red magenta

Inverse Color #ff8000
Complementary Color #ff8000
Color Shade: blue cyan (210.12° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Azure Color Sample
Azure Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #007fff

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Azure Color. The Heroic Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Blue Nebula (#1199ff) for more calm effect. Try Epic Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ff8000 is the best complementary color to Azure. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #007fff complementary color is Flush Orange, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Azure Radiance are #00feff and #00f. Thus found on the left and right of #007fff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cyan / Aqua and White colors as they work well with Azure.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Azure palette consists of #feff00 and #f00 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ff8000). Try Yellow and White colors in combination with #007fff, 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 #007fff offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Azure. Thus Chartreuse and Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Azure contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Flush Orange, Magenta / Fuchsia, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #007fff square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange 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. Azure tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#ff8000) and two others. The Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spring Green – 120° from the complementary Flush Orange. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ff007e and #00ff80.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #007fff is made of 0% red, 33% green and 67% blue. In a HSL mode Azure has a hue angle of 210.12°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #007fff is made of 100% cyan, 50.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #007fff
RGB Decimal rgb(0,127,255)
RGB Percentage 0%, 33%, 67%
CMYK 100, 50.2, 0, 0
HSL hsl(210.12,100%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(210.12,100%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.4475,19.4141,-71.3637)
XYZ xyz(25.6394,22.3987,97.5798)
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