Blue Nebula Color

#1199ff

Blue Nebula 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 #e60
Complementary Color #fe7711
Color Shade: cool cyan (205.71° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 53.33% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Nebula Color Sample
Blue Nebula Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #1199ff

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Nebula Color. The Bubble Bobble P2 color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Vivid Cerulean (#00aaee) for more calm effect. Try Vanadyl Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#fe7711 is the best complementary color to Blue Nebula. 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 #19f complementary color is Pumpkin, 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 White are #11feee and #1121fe. Thus found on the left and right of #19f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cyan / Aqua and Blue colors as they work well with Blue Nebula.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Nebula palette consists of #feee11 and #fe1121 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fe7711). Try Broom and Torch Red colors in combination with #19f, 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 #19f 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 Blue Nebula. Thus Chartreuse and Hollywood Cerise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Nebula contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pumpkin, Electric Violet, and Harlequin split by 90° on the color wheel. #19f 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. Blue Nebula tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#fe7711) and two others. The Hollywood Cerise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spring Green – 120° from the complementary Pumpkin. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fe1198 and #11fe77.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #1199ff is made of 4% red, 36% green and 60% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Nebula has a hue angle of 205.71°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 53.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #1199ff is made of 93.33% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #1199ff
RGB Decimal rgb(17,153,255)
RGB Percentage 4%, 36%, 60%
CMYK 93.33, 40, 0, 0
HSL hsl(205.71,100%,53.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(205.71,93.33%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.759,4.0205,-59.5959)
XYZ xyz(29.6724,30.1216,98.8579)
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