Heroic 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 | #e90 |
| Complementary Color | #fea911 |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (218.57° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 53.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Heroic Blue Color. The Clear Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Azure (#007fff) for more calm effect. Try Magic Ink as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#fea911 is the best complementary color to Heroic 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 #16f complementary color is Sun, 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 White are #11ddfe and #3211fe. Thus found on the left and right of #16f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cyan / Aqua and Blue colors as they work well with Heroic Blue.
The split-complementary Heroic Blue palette consists of #ddfe11 and #fe3211 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fea911). Try Chartreuse Yellow and Scarlet colors in combination with #16f, 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 #16f 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 Heroic Blue. Thus Bright Green and Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Heroic Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sun, Purple Pizzazz, and Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #16f 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. Heroic Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#fea911) and two others. The Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spring Green – 120° from the complementary Sun. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fe1165 and #11fea9.
In a RGB color space, hex #1166ff is made of 5% red, 27% green and 68% blue. In a HSL mode Heroic Blue has a hue angle of 218.57°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 53.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #1166ff is made of 93.33% cyan, 60% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #1166ff |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(17,102,255) |
| RGB Percentage | 5%, 27%, 68% |
| CMYK | 93.33, 60, 0, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(218.57,100%,53.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(218.57,93.33%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(48.0602,35.603,-81.7583) |
| XYZ | xyz(23.0325,16.8419,96.6446) |