Galaxy Blue Color

#2a4b7c

Galaxy Blue is calm, 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 #d5b483
Complementary Color #7c5b2a
Color Shade: blue cyan (215.85° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 32.55% (better contrasting with white)
Galaxy Blue Color Sample
Galaxy Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #2a4b7c

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Galaxy Blue Color. The Ending Navy Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Too Blue (#3d6695) for more calm effect. Try Boatswain as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7c5b2a is the best complementary color to Galaxy Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #2a4b7c complementary color is Dallas, 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 Astronaut are #2a737c and #322a7c. Thus found on the left and right of #2a4b7c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Paradiso and Minsk colors as they work well with Galaxy Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Galaxy Blue palette consists of #737c2a and #7c322a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7c5b2a). Try Crete and Nutmeg colors in combination with #2a4b7c, 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 #2a4b7c 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 Galaxy Blue. Thus Fern Frond and Tawny Port giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Galaxy Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dallas, Plum, and Sea Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #2a4b7c 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. Galaxy Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#7c5b2a) and two others. The Tawny Port is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sea Green – 120° from the complementary Dallas. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7c2a4a and #2a7c5b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #2a4b7c is made of 17% red, 31% green and 51% blue. In a HSL mode Galaxy Blue has a hue angle of 215.85°, a saturation of 49.4% and a lightness of 32.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2a4b7c is made of 32.16% cyan, 19.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 51.37% black ink.

HEX #2a4b7c
RGB Decimal rgb(42,75,124)
RGB Percentage 17%, 31%, 51%
CMYK 32.16, 19.22, 0, 51.37
HSL hsl(215.85,49.4%,32.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(215.85,66.13%,48.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.7605,4.8014,-31.4219)
XYZ xyz(7.109,6.9796,20.0413)
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