Blue Damselfly is calm, 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 | #d05e25 |
| Complementary Color | #d9672f |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (200° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 51.96% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Damselfly Color. The Santorini color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Pacific Blue (#1ca9c9) for more energetic effect. Try Aztec Sky as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#d9672f is the best complementary color to Blue Damselfly. 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 #2fa1da complementary color is Flame Pea, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Curious Blue are #2fd9bd and #2f4bd9. Thus found on the left and right of #2fa1da on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Turquoise and Mariner colors as they work well with Blue Damselfly.
The split-complementary Blue Damselfly palette consists of #d9bd2f and #d92f4b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d9672f). Try Hokey Pokey and Cerise Red colors in combination with #2fa1da, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #2fa1da 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 Damselfly. Thus Atlantis and Cerise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Damselfly contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Flame Pea, Purple Heart, and Lima split by 90° on the color wheel. #2fa1da square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Blue Damselfly tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#d9672f) and two others. The Cerise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shamrock – 120° from the complementary Flame Pea. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d92fa0 and #2fd968.
In a RGB color space, hex #2fa1da is made of 11% red, 38% green and 51% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Damselfly has a hue angle of 200°, a saturation of 69.8% and a lightness of 51.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2fa1da is made of 67.06% cyan, 22.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black ink.
| HEX | #2fa1da |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(47,161,218) |
| RGB Percentage | 11%, 38%, 51% |
| CMYK | 67.06, 22.35, 0, 14.51 |
| HSL | hsl(200,69.8%,51.96%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(200,78.44%,85.49%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(62.6391,-12.0237,-37.8009) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.572,31.156,70.9429) |