Regula Barbara Blue is calm, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta
| Inverse Color | #f66 |
| Complementary Color | #900 |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (180° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 30% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Regula Barbara Blue Color. The Capri Breeze color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Scuba Blue (#00abc0) for more calm effect. Try Go Alpha as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#900 is the best complementary color to Regula Barbara Blue. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #099 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #00994c and #004c99. Thus found on the left and right of #099 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Haze and Congress Blue colors as they work well with Regula Barbara Blue.
The split-complementary Regula Barbara Blue palette consists of #994c00 and #99004c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#900). Try Brown and Fresh Eggplant colors in combination with #099, 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 #099 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 Regula Barbara Blue. Thus Olive and Flirt giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Regula Barbara Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Purple, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #099 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, 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. Regula Barbara Blue tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#900) and two others. The Flirt is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #990098 and #090.
In a RGB color space, hex #009999 is made of 0% red, 50% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Regula Barbara Blue has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 30%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #009999 is made of 60% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 40% black ink.
| HEX | #009999 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,153,153) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 50%, 50% |
| CMYK | 60, 0, 0, 40 |
| HSL | hsl(180,100%,30%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(180,100%,60%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.1556,-32.8361,-9.6557) |
| XYZ | xyz(17.141,25.0824,34.0749) |