Enchanting Sapphire Color

#276dd6

Enchanting Sapphire is vibrant, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #d89229
Complementary Color #d69027
Color Shade: blue cyan (216° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 49.61% (better contrasting with white)
Enchanting Sapphire Color Sample
Enchanting Sapphire Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #276dd6

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Enchanting Sapphire Color. The Heirloom Hydrangea color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Rainbow Bright (#2863ad) for more calm effect. Try Bnei Brak Bay as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#d69027 is the best complementary color to Enchanting Sapphire. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #276dd6 complementary color is Brandy Punch, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mariner are #27c4d6 and #3827d6. Thus found on the left and right of #276dd6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scooter and Persian Blue colors as they work well with Enchanting Sapphire.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Enchanting Sapphire palette consists of #c4d627 and #d63827 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d69027). Try Key Lime Pie and Punch colors in combination with #276dd6, 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 #276dd6 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 Enchanting Sapphire. Thus Atlantis and Cerise Red giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Enchanting Sapphire contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Brandy Punch, Cerise, and Malachite split by 90° on the color wheel. #276dd6 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Enchanting Sapphire tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#d69027) and two others. The Cerise Red is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shamrock – 120° from the complementary Brandy Punch. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d6276c and #27d690.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #276dd6 is made of 11% red, 30% green and 59% blue. In a HSL mode Enchanting Sapphire has a hue angle of 216°, a saturation of 69.17% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #276dd6 is made of 68.63% cyan, 41.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black ink.

HEX #276dd6
RGB Decimal rgb(39,109,214)
RGB Percentage 11%, 30%, 59%
CMYK 68.63, 41.17, 0, 16.08
HSL hsl(216,69.17%,49.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(216,81.78%,83.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.2666,16.7673,-59.9909)
XYZ xyz(18.4429,16.2237,65.7778)
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