Daphne 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 | #f0a065 |
| Complementary Color | #9a490f |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (205.47° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 33.14% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Daphne Color. The Liberalist 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 soft alternative called Poster Blue (#134682) for more calm effect. Try Lost River as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#9a490f is the best complementary color to Daphne. 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 #0f5f9a complementary color is Korma, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Tory Blue are #0f9a8f and #0f199a. Thus found on the left and right of #0f5f9a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Chill and Torea Bay colors as they work well with Daphne.
The split-complementary Daphne palette consists of #9a8f0f and #9a0f19 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9a490f). Try Buttered Rum and Tamarillo colors in combination with #0f5f9a, 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 #0f5f9a 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 Daphne. Thus Christi and Jazzberry Jam giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Daphne contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Korma, Seance, and La Palma split by 90° on the color wheel. #0f5f9a square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Daphne tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#9a490f) and two others. The Jazzberry Jam 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 #9a0f5e and #0f9a4a.
In a RGB color space, hex #0f5f9a is made of 6% red, 36% green and 58% blue. In a HSL mode Daphne has a hue angle of 205.47°, a saturation of 82.25% and a lightness of 33.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0f5f9a is made of 54.51% cyan, 23.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.61% black ink.
| HEX | #0f5f9a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(15,95,154) |
| RGB Percentage | 6%, 36%, 58% |
| CMYK | 54.51, 23.14, 0, 39.61 |
| HSL | hsl(205.47,82.25%,33.14%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(205.47,90.26%,60.39%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(38.9313,0.2253,-38.3846) |
| XYZ | xyz(10.1219,10.6191,32.0881) |