Mondrian Blue Color

#0f478c

Mondrian Blue is soft, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #f0b873
Complementary Color #8c540f
Color Shade: blue cyan (213.12° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 30.39% (better contrasting with white)
Mondrian Blue Color Sample
Mondrian Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0f478c

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Mondrian Blue Color. The Bottled Sea color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Funnel Cloud (#113366) for more calm effect. Try Lapis Jewel as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8c540f is the best complementary color to Mondrian Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #0f478c complementary color is Korma, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Torea Bay are #0f858c and #150f8c. Thus found on the left and right of #0f478c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Chill and Ultramarine colors as they work well with Mondrian Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mondrian Blue palette consists of #858c0f and #8c150f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8c540f). Try Corn Harvest and Tamarillo colors in combination with #0f478c, 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 #0f478c offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mondrian Blue. Thus La Palma and Rose Bud Cherry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mondrian Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Korma, Violet Eggplant, and Bilbao split by 90° on the color wheel. #0f478c square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Mondrian Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#8c540f) and two others. The Rose Bud Cherry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Salem – 120° from the complementary Korma. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8c0f46 and #0f8c53.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0f478c is made of 7% red, 31% green and 62% blue. In a HSL mode Mondrian Blue has a hue angle of 213.12°, a saturation of 80.65% and a lightness of 30.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0f478c is made of 49.02% cyan, 27.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.1% black ink.

HEX #0f478c
RGB Decimal rgb(15,71,140)
RGB Percentage 7%, 31%, 62%
CMYK 49.02, 27.06, 0, 45.1
HSL hsl(213.12,80.65%,30.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(213.12,89.29%,54.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(30.644,10.3508,-43.1596)
XYZ xyz(7.1839,6.5015,25.6872)
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