Precious Blue Color

#008389

Precious 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 #ff7c76
Complementary Color #890500
Color Shade: mid cyan (182.63° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 26.86% (better contrasting with white)
Precious Blue Color Sample
Precious Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #008389

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Precious Blue Color. The Silk Sari color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Mosaic Blue (#00758f) for more calm effect. Try Pharaoh's Gem as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#890500 is the best complementary color to Precious 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 #008389 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 Teal are #00894a and #003e89. Thus found on the left and right of #008389 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tropical Rain Forest and Congress Blue colors as they work well with Precious Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Precious Blue palette consists of #894a00 and #89003e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#890500). Try Brown and Siren colors in combination with #008389, 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 #008389 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 Precious Blue. Thus Olive and Fresh Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Precious Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Red Berry, Pigment Indigo, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #008389 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. Precious Blue tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#890500) and two others. The Fresh Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japanese Laurel – 120° from the complementary Red Berry. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #890083 and #008905.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #008389 is made of 0% red, 49% green and 51% blue. In a HSL mode Precious Blue has a hue angle of 182.63°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 26.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #008389 is made of 53.73% cyan, 2.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 46.27% black ink.

HEX #008389
RGB Decimal rgb(0,131,137)
RGB Percentage 0%, 49%, 51%
CMYK 53.73, 2.36, 0, 46.27
HSL hsl(182.63,100%,26.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(182.63,100%,53.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.5431,-27.3544,-11.8381)
XYZ xyz(12.6317,18.0387,26.483)
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