Blue-Eyed Boy Color

#2277cc

Blue-Eyed Boy 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 #d83
Complementary Color #cc7621
Color Shade: cool cyan (210° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 46.67% (better contrasting with white)
Blue-Eyed Boy Color Sample
Blue-Eyed Boy Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #2277cc

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue-Eyed Boy Color. The Bleu De France color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Rainbow Bright (#2863ad) for more calm effect. Try Ticino Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#cc7621 is the best complementary color to Blue-Eyed Boy. 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 #27c complementary color is Ochre, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #21cbcc and #2121cc. Thus found on the left and right of #27c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Java and Persian Blue colors as they work well with Blue-Eyed Boy.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue-Eyed Boy palette consists of #cbcc21 and #cc2121 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cc7621). Try Key Lime Pie and Cardinal colors in combination with #27c, 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 #27c 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-Eyed Boy. Thus Lima and Cerise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue-Eyed Boy contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ochre, Cerise, and Malachite split by 90° on the color wheel. #27c square combo is a palette of cool cyan, mid 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-Eyed Boy tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#cc7621) and two others. The Cerise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mountain Meadow – 120° from the complementary Ochre. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cc2177 and #21cc77.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #2277cc is made of 10% red, 33% green and 57% blue. In a HSL mode Blue-Eyed Boy has a hue angle of 210°, a saturation of 71.43% and a lightness of 46.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2277cc is made of 66.67% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #2277cc
RGB Decimal rgb(34,119,204)
RGB Percentage 10%, 33%, 57%
CMYK 66.67, 33.33, 0, 20
HSL hsl(210,71.43%,46.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(210,83.33%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.3665,6.2046,-50.924)
XYZ xyz(18.1556,17.8934,59.6236)
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