Dark Royalty Color

#02066f

Dark Royalty is deep, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or cool red

Inverse Color #fdf990
Complementary Color #6f6a01
Color Shade: cool blue (237.8° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 22.16% (better contrasting with white)
Dark Royalty Color Sample
Dark Royalty Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #02066f

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Dark Royalty Color. The Gulf Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Night Blue (#040348) for more calm effect. Try Celestial Indigo as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6f6a01 is the best complementary color to Dark Royalty. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #02066f complementary color is Olive, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Navy Blue are #013c6f and #34016f. Thus found on the left and right of #02066f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Regal Blue and Christalle colors as they work well with Dark Royalty.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dark Royalty palette consists of #3c6f01 and #6f3401 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6f6a01). Try Verdun Green and Nutmeg Wood Finish colors in combination with #02066f, 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 #02066f offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Dark Royalty. Thus Japanese Laurel and Lonestar giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dark Royalty contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Olive, Tyrian Purple, and Fun Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #02066f square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool 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. Dark Royalty tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#6f6a01) and two others. The Lonestar is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pine Green – 120° from the complementary Olive. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6f0105 and #016f6b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #02066f is made of 2% red, 5% green and 93% blue. In a HSL mode Dark Royalty has a hue angle of 237.8°, a saturation of 96.46% and a lightness of 22.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #02066f is made of 42.75% cyan, 41.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.47% black ink.

HEX #02066f
RGB Decimal rgb(2,6,111)
RGB Percentage 2%, 5%, 93%
CMYK 42.75, 41.18, 0, 56.47
HSL hsl(237.8,96.46%,22.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(237.8,98.2%,43.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(11.2114,40.0084,-56.6799)
XYZ xyz(2.9594,1.2909,15.1321)
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