Blue Cola Color

#0088dc

Blue Cola is soft, 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 #ff7723
Complementary Color #dc5300
Color Shade: cool cyan (202.91° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 43.14% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Cola Color Sample
Blue Cola Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0088dc

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Cola Color. The Hawaiian Ocean color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Spanish Blue (#0070b8) for more calm effect. Try Tomb Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#dc5300 is the best complementary color to Blue Cola. 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 #0088dc complementary color is Grenadier, 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 Lochmara are #00dcc2 and #0019dc. Thus found on the left and right of #0088dc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Robin's Egg Blue and Dark Blue colors as they work well with Blue Cola.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Cola palette consists of #dcc200 and #dc0019 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dc5300). Try Corn and Monza colors in combination with #0088dc, 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 #0088dc 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 Blue Cola. Thus Chartreuse and Hollywood Cerise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Cola contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Grenadier, Electric Violet, and Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #0088dc 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. Blue Cola tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#dc5300) and two others. The Hollywood Cerise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Malachite – 120° from the complementary Grenadier. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #dc0088 and #00dc54.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0088dc is made of 0% red, 38% green and 62% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Cola has a hue angle of 202.91°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 43.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0088dc is made of 86.27% cyan, 32.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black ink.

HEX #0088dc
RGB Decimal rgb(0,136,220)
RGB Percentage 0%, 38%, 62%
CMYK 86.27, 32.94, 0, 13.73
HSL hsl(202.91,100%,43.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(202.91,100%,86.27%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.8405,0.3517,-51.2619)
XYZ xyz(21.7224,22.7756,70.9614)
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