Beautiful Blue Color

#186db6

Beautiful Blue 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 #e79249
Complementary Color #b66118
Color Shade: cool cyan (207.72° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 40.39% (better contrasting with white)
Beautiful Blue Color Sample
Beautiful Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #186db6

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Beautiful Blue Color. The Sonic Blue 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 Stunning Sapphire (#185887) for more calm effect. Try Blue Chip as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b66118 is the best complementary color to Beautiful 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 #186db6 complementary color is Reno Sand, 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 Denim are #18b6b0 and #181db6. Thus found on the left and right of #186db6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Java and Persian Blue colors as they work well with Beautiful Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Beautiful Blue palette consists of #b6b018 and #b6181d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b66118). Try Sahara and Thunderbird colors in combination with #186db6, 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 #186db6 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 Beautiful Blue. Thus Lima and Red Violet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Beautiful Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Reno Sand, Seance, and La Palma split by 90° on the color wheel. #186db6 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. Beautiful Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#b66118) and two others. The Red Violet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mountain Meadow – 120° from the complementary Reno Sand. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b6186c and #18b661.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #186db6 is made of 8% red, 35% green and 58% blue. In a HSL mode Beautiful Blue has a hue angle of 207.72°, a saturation of 76.7% and a lightness of 40.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #186db6 is made of 61.96% cyan, 28.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 28.63% black ink.

HEX #186db6
RGB Decimal rgb(24,109,182)
RGB Percentage 8%, 35%, 58%
CMYK 61.96, 28.62, 0, 28.63
HSL hsl(207.72,76.7%,40.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(207.72,86.81%,71.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.954,3.1289,-45.3067)
XYZ xyz(14.2888,14.5089,46.3034)
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