Lucidity Color

#1e4469

Lucidity is calm, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or red magenta

Inverse Color #e1bb96
Complementary Color #69431e
Color Shade: cool cyan (209.6° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 26.47% (better contrasting with white)
Lucidity Color Sample
Lucidity Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #1e4469

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Lucidity Color. The Oceanic Motion color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Nautical Creatures (#295c7a) for more calm effect. Try Big Stone as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#69431e is the best complementary color to Lucidity. 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 #1e4469 complementary color is Pickled Bean, 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 Biscay are #1e6968 and #1e1e69. Thus found on the left and right of #1e4469 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Elm and Lucky Point colors as they work well with Lucidity.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lucidity palette consists of #69681e and #691e1e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#69431e). Try Fern Frond and Persian Plum colors in combination with #1e4469, 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 #1e4469 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 Lucidity. Thus Fern Frond and Tawny Port giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lucidity contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pickled Bean, Honey Flower, and Parsley split by 90° on the color wheel. #1e4469 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. Lucidity tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#69431e) and two others. The Tawny Port is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green Pea – 120° from the complementary Pickled Bean. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #691e43 and #1e6943.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #1e4469 is made of 15% red, 33% green and 52% blue. In a HSL mode Lucidity has a hue angle of 209.6°, a saturation of 55.56% and a lightness of 26.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #1e4469 is made of 29.42% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 58.82% black ink.

HEX #1e4469
RGB Decimal rgb(30,68,105)
RGB Percentage 15%, 33%, 52%
CMYK 29.42, 14.51, 0, 58.82
HSL hsl(209.6,55.56%,26.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(209.6,71.43%,41.18%)
CIE-LAB lab(27.9268,-0.1087,-25.5476)
XYZ xyz(5.1523,5.4302,14.1412)
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