Bowen 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 | #ed9257 |
| Complementary Color | #a84d11 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (203.6° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 36.47% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Bowen Blue Color. The Suddenly Sapphire 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 Royal Blood (#105e80) for more calm effect. Try Fun Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#a84d11 is the best complementary color to Bowen 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 #126da8 complementary color is Fiery Orange, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #11a898 and #1121a8. Thus found on the left and right of #126da8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mountain Meadow and Torea Bay colors as they work well with Bowen Blue.
The split-complementary Bowen Blue palette consists of #a89811 and #a81121 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a84d11). Try Sahara and Tamarillo colors in combination with #126da8, 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 #126da8 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 Bowen Blue. Thus Christi and Jazzberry Jam giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Bowen Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fiery Orange, Seance, and La Palma split by 90° on the color wheel. #126da8 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Bowen Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#a84d11) and two others. The Jazzberry Jam is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Salem – 120° from the complementary Fiery Orange. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a8116c and #11a84d.
In a RGB color space, hex #126da8 is made of 6% red, 37% green and 57% blue. In a HSL mode Bowen Blue has a hue angle of 203.6°, a saturation of 80.65% and a lightness of 36.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #126da8 is made of 58.82% cyan, 23.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.12% black ink.
| HEX | #126da8 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(18,109,168) |
| RGB Percentage | 6%, 37%, 57% |
| CMYK | 58.82, 23.13, 0, 34.12 |
| HSL | hsl(203.6,80.65%,36.47%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(203.6,89.29%,65.88%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(44.0791,-2.768,-38.5161) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.786,13.893,39.0535) |