Brescian Blue is vibrant, 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 | #ff7f00 |
| Complementary Color | #ff7e00 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (209.88° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 50% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Brescian Blue Color. The Blue Ribbon 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 Heroic Blue (#1166ff) for more calm effect. Try Epic Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ff7e00 is the best complementary color to Brescian 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 #0080ff complementary color is Flush Orange, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Azure Radiance are #00fffe and #00f. Thus found on the left and right of #0080ff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cyan / Aqua and White colors as they work well with Brescian Blue.
The split-complementary Brescian Blue palette consists of #fffe00 and #f00 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ff7e00). Try Yellow and White colors in combination with #0080ff, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #0080ff offers a combination of yellow green and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Brescian Blue. Thus Chartreuse and Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Brescian Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Flush Orange, Electric Violet, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #0080ff square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Brescian Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ff7e00) 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 #ff0080 and #00ff7f.
In a RGB color space, hex #0080ff is made of 0% red, 33% green and 67% blue. In a HSL mode Brescian Blue has a hue angle of 209.88°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0080ff is made of 100% cyan, 49.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #0080ff |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,128,255) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 33%, 67% |
| CMYK | 100, 49.8, 0, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(209.88,100%,50%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(209.88,100%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.7187,18.7897,-70.9247) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.7692,22.6583,97.6231) |