Phuket Palette Color

#0480bd

Phuket Palette 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 #fb7f42
Complementary Color #bd4003
Color Shade: cool cyan (199.78° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 37.84% (better contrasting with white)
Phuket Palette Color Sample
Phuket Palette Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0480bd

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Phuket Palette Color. The Pervenche color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Europe Blue (#006796) for more energetic effect. Try Peacock Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bd4003 is the best complementary color to Phuket Palette. 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 #0480bd complementary color is Fire, 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 Lochmara are #03bd9d and #0323bd. Thus found on the left and right of #0480bd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Caribbean Green and International Klein Blue colors as they work well with Phuket Palette.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Phuket Palette palette consists of #bd9d03 and #bd0323 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bd4003). Try Buddha Gold and Monza colors in combination with #0480bd, 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 #0480bd 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 Phuket Palette. Thus Pistachio and Lipstick giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Phuket Palette contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fire, Purple, and Harlequin split by 90° on the color wheel. #0480bd 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. Phuket Palette tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#bd4003) and two others. The Lipstick is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Malachite – 120° from the complementary Fire. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bd0380 and #03bd40.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0480bd is made of 1% red, 40% green and 59% blue. In a HSL mode Phuket Palette has a hue angle of 199.78°, a saturation of 95.85% and a lightness of 37.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0480bd is made of 72.55% cyan, 23.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black ink.

HEX #0480bd
RGB Decimal rgb(4,128,189)
RGB Percentage 1%, 40%, 59%
CMYK 72.55, 23.92, 0, 25.88
HSL hsl(199.78,95.85%,37.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(199.78,97.88%,74.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.8486,-6.6788,-40.0097)
XYZ xyz(16.9545,19.1383,50.9446)
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