Tractor Beam Color

#00bffe

Tractor Beam is calm, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #ff4001
Complementary Color #fe3f00
Color Shade: mid cyan (194.88° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 49.8% (better contrasting with white)
Tractor Beam Color Sample
Tractor Beam Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #00bffe

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Tractor Beam Color. The Maldives color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Cerulean (#02a4d3) for more calm effect. Try Blue Atoll as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#fe3f00 is the best complementary color to Tractor Beam. 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 #00bffe complementary color is Vermilion, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Cerulean are #00febe and #003ffe. Thus found on the left and right of #00bffe on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bright Turquoise and Blue Ribbon colors as they work well with Tractor Beam.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tractor Beam palette consists of #febe00 and #fe003f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fe3f00). Try Amber and Torch Red colors in combination with #00bffe, 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 #00bffe 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 Tractor Beam. Thus Lime and Purple Pizzazz giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tractor Beam contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Vermilion, Electric Violet, and Harlequin split by 90° on the color wheel. #00bffe square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid 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. Tractor Beam tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#fe3f00) 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 #fe00be and #00fe3f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #00bffe is made of 0% red, 43% green and 57% blue. In a HSL mode Tractor Beam has a hue angle of 194.88°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 49.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00bffe is made of 99.61% cyan, 24.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #00bffe
RGB Decimal rgb(0,191,254)
RGB Percentage 0%, 43%, 57%
CMYK 99.61, 24.71, 0, 0.39
HSL hsl(194.88,100%,49.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(194.88,100%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.5066,-17.9963,-42.0768)
XYZ xyz(36.5202,44.4174,100.4145)
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