Thousand Sons Blue Color

#02d8e9

Thousand Sons 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 #fd2716
Complementary Color #e91301
Color Shade: mid cyan (184.42° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 46.08% (better contrasting with white)
Thousand Sons Blue Color Sample
Thousand Sons Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #02d8e9

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Thousand Sons Blue Color. The Agressive Aqua color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Iris Blue (#03b4c8) for more calm effect. Try Maldives as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e91301 is the best complementary color to Thousand Sons 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 #02d8e9 complementary color is Scarlet, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Bright Turquoise are #01e986 and #0164e9. Thus found on the left and right of #02d8e9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spring Green and Blue Ribbon colors as they work well with Thousand Sons Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Thousand Sons Blue palette consists of #e98601 and #e90164 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e91301). Try Gold Drop and Razzmatazz colors in combination with #02d8e9, 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 #02d8e9 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 Thousand Sons Blue. Thus Chartreuse Yellow and Purple Pizzazz giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Thousand Sons Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Scarlet, Electric Violet, and Bright Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #02d8e9 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow 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. Thousand Sons Blue tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#e91301) and two others. The Purple Pizzazz is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green – 120° from the complementary Scarlet. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e901d8 and #01e913.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #02d8e9 is made of 0% red, 48% green and 52% blue. In a HSL mode Thousand Sons Blue has a hue angle of 184.42°, a saturation of 98.3% and a lightness of 46.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #02d8e9 is made of 90.59% cyan, 6.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black ink.

HEX #02d8e9
RGB Decimal rgb(2,216,233)
RGB Percentage 0%, 48%, 52%
CMYK 90.59, 6.66, 0, 8.63
HSL hsl(184.42,98.3%,46.08%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(184.42,99.14%,91.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.0458,-37.2194,-20.7421)
XYZ xyz(39.2889,55.0078,85.6376)
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