Blue Bolt Color

#00b9fb

Blue Bolt is calm, 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 #ff4604
Complementary Color #fb4100
Color Shade: cool cyan (195.78° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 49.22% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Bolt Color Sample
Blue Bolt Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #00b9fb

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Bolt Color. The Maldives 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 Blue Atoll (#00b1d2) for more calm effect. Try Atmosphere as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#fb4100 is the best complementary color to Blue Bolt. 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 #00b9fb complementary color is Vermilion, 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 Cerulean are #00fbbf and #003bfb. Thus found on the left and right of #00b9fb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bright Turquoise and Blue Ribbon colors as they work well with Blue Bolt.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Bolt palette consists of #fbbf00 and #fb003b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fb4100). Try Amber and Torch Red colors in combination with #00b9fb, 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 #00b9fb 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 Bolt. Thus Lime and Purple Pizzazz giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Bolt contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Vermilion, Electric Violet, and Harlequin split by 90° on the color wheel. #00b9fb 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 Bolt tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#fb4100) and two others. The Purple Pizzazz is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Malachite – 120° from the complementary Vermilion. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fb00b9 and #00fb42.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #00b9fb is made of 0% red, 42% green and 58% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Bolt has a hue angle of 195.78°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 49.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00b9fb is made of 98.43% cyan, 25.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black ink.

HEX #00b9fb
RGB Decimal rgb(0,185,251)
RGB Percentage 0%, 42%, 58%
CMYK 98.43, 25.88, 0, 1.57
HSL hsl(195.78,100%,49.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(195.78,100%,98.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.6379,-15.8727,-43.3811)
XYZ xyz(34.7615,41.663,97.4764)
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