Light Shōjin Blue Color

#1155ff

Light Shōjin Blue is vivid, 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 #ea0
Complementary Color #febb11
Color Shade: blue cyan (222.86° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 53.33% (better contrasting with white)
Light Shōjin Blue Color Sample
Light Shōjin Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #1155ff

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Light Shōjin Blue Color. The Vibrant Blue 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 Nightly Escapade (#0433ff) for more calm effect. Try Blinking Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#febb11 is the best complementary color to Light Shōjin 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 #15f complementary color is Lightning Yellow, 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 White are #11cbfe and #4411fe. Thus found on the left and right of #15f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bright Turquoise and Blue colors as they work well with Light Shōjin Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Light Shōjin Blue palette consists of #cbfe11 and #fe4411 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#febb11). Try Electric Lime and Vermilion colors in combination with #15f, 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 #15f 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 Light Shōjin Blue. Thus Bright Green and Torch Red giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Light Shōjin Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lightning Yellow, Shocking Pink, and Malachite split by 90° on the color wheel. #15f 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. Light Shōjin Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#febb11) and two others. The Torch Red is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bright Turquoise – 120° from the complementary Lightning Yellow. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fe1154 and #11febb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #1155ff is made of 5% red, 24% green and 71% blue. In a HSL mode Light Shōjin Blue has a hue angle of 222.86°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 53.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #1155ff is made of 93.33% cyan, 66.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #1155ff
RGB Decimal rgb(17,85,255)
RGB Percentage 5%, 24%, 71%
CMYK 93.33, 66.67, 0, 0
HSL hsl(222.86,100%,53.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(222.86,93.33%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.9971,46.1836,-88.4311)
XYZ xyz(21.5297,13.8362,96.1437)
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