Pretentious Peacock is vivid, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, cool green or mid red
| Inverse Color | #bb0 |
| Complementary Color | #feff43 |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (240° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 63.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Pretentious Peacock Color. The System Shock Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Shady Neon Blue (#5555ff) for more calm effect. Try Vivid Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#feff43 is the best complementary color to Pretentious Peacock. Mid yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #44f complementary color is Gorse, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #43a1ff and #a143ff. Thus found on the left and right of #44f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dodger Blue and Electric Violet colors as they work well with Pretentious Peacock.
The split-complementary Pretentious Peacock palette consists of #a1ff43 and #ffa143 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#feff43). Try Green Yellow and Yellow Orange colors in combination with #44f, 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 #44f offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pretentious Peacock. Thus Screamin' Green and Coral Red giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pretentious Peacock contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gorse, Wild Strawberry, and Screamin' Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #44f square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, mid yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pretentious Peacock tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#feff43) and two others. The Coral Red is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cyan / Aqua – 120° from the complementary Gorse. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ff4343 and #43feff.
In a RGB color space, hex #4444ff is made of 17% red, 17% green and 65% blue. In a HSL mode Pretentious Peacock has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 63.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4444ff is made of 73.33% cyan, 73.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #4444ff |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(68,68,255) |
| RGB Percentage | 17%, 17%, 65% |
| CMYK | 73.33, 73.33, 0, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(240,100%,63.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(240,73.33%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(42.1284,58.7547,-91.4578) |
| XYZ | xyz(22.501,12.5832,95.8506) |