India 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 | #ff7571 |
| Complementary Color | #8e0300 |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (181.69° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 27.84% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to India Blue Color. The Active Turquoise color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Bimini Blue (#007a91) for more calm effect. Try Grecian Isle as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8e0300 is the best complementary color to India 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 #008a8e complementary color is Red Berry, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #008e4a and #00428e. Thus found on the left and right of #008a8e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Haze and Congress Blue colors as they work well with India Blue.
The split-complementary India Blue palette consists of #8e4a00 and #8e0042 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8e0300). Try Brown and Siren colors in combination with #008a8e, 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 #008a8e 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 India Blue. Thus Olive and Flirt giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of India Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Red Berry, Pigment Indigo, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #008a8e square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. India Blue tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#8e0300) and two others. The Flirt 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 #8e0089 and #008e03.
In a RGB color space, hex #008a8e is made of 0% red, 49% green and 51% blue. In a HSL mode India Blue has a hue angle of 181.69°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 27.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #008a8e is made of 55.69% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.31% black ink.
| HEX | #008a8e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,138,142) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 49%, 51% |
| CMYK | 55.69, 1.57, 0, 44.31 |
| HSL | hsl(181.69,100%,27.84%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(181.69,100%,55.69%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(51.9838,-29.1581,-11.0807) |
| XYZ | xyz(13.971,20.13,28.7403) |