Groundwater Color

#1100aa

Groundwater is deep, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red

Inverse Color #ef5
Complementary Color #9a0
Color Shade: mid blue (246° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 33.33% (better contrasting with white)
Groundwater Color Sample
Groundwater Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #1100aa

If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Groundwater Color. The Evil Eye color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Orbital Kingdom (#220088) for more calm effect. Try Midnight in Tokyo as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9a0 is the best complementary color to Groundwater. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #10a complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #04a and #60a. Thus found on the left and right of #10a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and White colors as they work well with Groundwater.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Groundwater palette consists of #4a0 and #a60 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9a0). Try White and White colors in combination with #10a, 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 #10a offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Groundwater. Thus Japanese Laurel and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Groundwater contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Lipstick, and Jade split by 90° on the color wheel. #10a square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green cyan 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. Groundwater tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#9a0) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a10 and #09a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #1100aa is made of 9% red, 0% green and 91% blue. In a HSL mode Groundwater has a hue angle of 246°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 33.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #1100aa is made of 60% cyan, 66.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #1100aa
RGB Decimal rgb(17,0,170)
RGB Percentage 9%, 0%, 91%
CMYK 60, 66.67, 0, 33.33
HSL hsl(246,100%,33.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(246,100%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(20.1296,58.6027,-78.7887)
XYZ xyz(7.4869,3.0215,38.2188)
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