Sapphire is deep, 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 | #f0ad45 |
| Complementary Color | #ba770f |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (216.49° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 39.41% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sapphire Color. The Liberalist color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Mondrian Blue (#0f478c) for more calm effect. Try Les Cavaliers Beach as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ba770f is the best complementary color to Sapphire. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #0f52ba complementary color is Pumpkin Skin, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Denim are #0fa7ba and #210fba. Thus found on the left and right of #0f52ba on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Eastern Blue and Torea Bay colors as they work well with Sapphire.
The split-complementary Sapphire palette consists of #a7ba0f and #ba210f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ba770f). Try La Rioja and Thunderbird colors in combination with #0f52ba, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #0f52ba 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 Sapphire. Thus Christi and Jazzberry Jam giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Sapphire contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pumpkin Skin, Red Violet, and Malachite split by 90° on the color wheel. #0f52ba square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Sapphire tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#ba770f) and two others. The Jazzberry Jam is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mountain Meadow – 120° from the complementary Pumpkin Skin. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ba0f51 and #0fba77.
In a RGB color space, hex #0f52ba is made of 5% red, 29% green and 66% blue. In a HSL mode Sapphire has a hue angle of 216.49°, a saturation of 85.07% and a lightness of 39.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0f52ba is made of 67.06% cyan, 40.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black ink.
| HEX | #0f52ba |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(15,82,186) |
| RGB Percentage | 5%, 29%, 66% |
| CMYK | 67.06, 40.78, 0, 27.06 |
| HSL | hsl(216.49,85.07%,39.41%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(216.49,91.94%,72.94%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(37.2643,21.7822,-60.0478) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.0772,9.6813,47.6865) |