Twilight Blue Color

#0a437a

Twilight Blue is soft, 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 #f5bc85
Complementary Color #7a400a
Color Shade: cool cyan (209.46° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 25.88% (better contrasting with white)
Twilight Blue Color Sample
Twilight Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0a437a

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Twilight Blue Color. The Blue Whale color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Green Vogue (#032b52) for more energetic effect. Try Blue Leviathan as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#7a400a is the best complementary color to Twilight Blue. 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 #0a437a complementary color is Cafe Royale, 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 Catalina Blue are #0a7a78 and #0a0b7a. Thus found on the left and right of #0a437a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Surfie Green and Arapawa colors as they work well with Twilight Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Twilight Blue palette consists of #7a780a and #7a0a0b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7a400a). Try Yukon Gold and Dark Burgundy colors in combination with #0a437a, 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 #0a437a 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 Twilight Blue. Thus Green Leaf and Rose Bud Cherry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Twilight Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cafe Royale, Clairvoyant, and Japanese Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #0a437a 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. Twilight Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#7a400a) and two others. The Rose Bud Cherry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Salem – 120° from the complementary Cafe Royale. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7a0a43 and #0a7a41.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0a437a is made of 5% red, 34% green and 61% blue. In a HSL mode Twilight Blue has a hue angle of 209.46°, a saturation of 84.85% and a lightness of 25.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0a437a is made of 43.92% cyan, 21.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 52.16% black ink.

HEX #0a437a
RGB Decimal rgb(10,67,122)
RGB Percentage 5%, 34%, 61%
CMYK 43.92, 21.57, 0, 52.16
HSL hsl(209.46,84.85%,25.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(209.46,91.8%,47.84%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.0714,5.1189,-36.1158)
XYZ xyz(5.6452,5.484,19.1733)
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