The Rainbow Fish Color

#4466ee

The Rainbow Fish is vivid, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or cool red

Inverse Color #b91
Complementary Color #eecb43
Color Shade: cool blue (228° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 60% (better contrasting with white)
The Rainbow Fish Color Sample
The Rainbow Fish Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4466ee

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to The Rainbow Fish Color. The Veteran's Day Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Qing Dynasty Dragon (#4455ee) for more calm effect. Try Blue Oyster Cult as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#eecb43 is the best complementary color to The Rainbow Fish. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #46e complementary color is Ronchi, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

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 #43baee and #7743ee. Thus found on the left and right of #46e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Picton Blue and Royal Blue colors as they work well with The Rainbow Fish.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary The Rainbow Fish palette consists of #baee43 and #ee7643 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#eecb43). Try Pear and Jaffa colors in combination with #46e, 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 #46e offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the The Rainbow Fish. Thus Screamin' Green and Amaranth giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of The Rainbow Fish contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ronchi, Brilliant Rose, and Screamin' Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #46e square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool 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. The Rainbow Fish tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#eecb43) and two others. The Amaranth is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Turquoise Blue – 120° from the complementary Ronchi. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ee4365 and #43eecc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4466ee is made of 17% red, 25% green and 58% blue. In a HSL mode The Rainbow Fish has a hue angle of 228°, a saturation of 83.33% and a lightness of 60%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4466ee is made of 66.66% cyan, 53.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #4466ee
RGB Decimal rgb(68,102,238)
RGB Percentage 17%, 25%, 58%
CMYK 66.66, 53.33, 0, 6.67
HSL hsl(228,83.33%,60%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(228,71.43%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.1398,33.1496,-72.0855)
XYZ xyz(22.5679,16.9047,82.9624)
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