Nice Blue Color

#107ab0

Nice Blue 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 #ef854f
Complementary Color #b0450f
Color Shade: cool cyan (200.25° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 37.65% (better contrasting with white)
Nice Blue Color Sample
Nice Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #107ab0

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Nice Blue Color. The Rich Electric Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Swimmer (#0a91bf) for more energetic effect. Try Ephren Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b0450f is the best complementary color to Nice 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 #107ab0 complementary color is Rust, 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 Denim are #0fb096 and #0f29b0. Thus found on the left and right of #107ab0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Niagara and Torea Bay colors as they work well with Nice Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Nice Blue palette consists of #b0960f and #b00f29 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b0450f). Try Sahara and Shiraz colors in combination with #107ab0, 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 #107ab0 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 Nice Blue. Thus Christi and Jazzberry Jam giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Nice Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Rust, Purple, and La Palma split by 90° on the color wheel. #107ab0 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. Nice Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#b0450f) and two others. The Jazzberry Jam is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Malachite – 120° from the complementary Rust. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b00f7a and #0fb046.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #107ab0 is made of 5% red, 39% green and 56% blue. In a HSL mode Nice Blue has a hue angle of 200.25°, a saturation of 83.33% and a lightness of 37.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #107ab0 is made of 62.75% cyan, 21.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 30.98% black ink.

HEX #107ab0
RGB Decimal rgb(16,122,176)
RGB Percentage 5%, 39%, 56%
CMYK 62.75, 21.18, 0, 30.98
HSL hsl(200.25,83.33%,37.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(200.25,90.91%,69.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.4658,-7.6102,-36.2618)
XYZ xyz(15.0097,17.1638,43.5961)
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