Pacific Blues Color

#4470b0

Pacific Blues 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 #bb8f4f
Complementary Color #b08343
Color Shade: blue cyan (215.56° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 47.84% (better contrasting with white)
Pacific Blues Color Sample
Pacific Blues Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4470b0

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Pacific Blues Color. The Danube color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Smoke Blue (#6688bb) for more calm effect. Try Lichen Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b08343 is the best complementary color to Pacific Blues. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4470b0 complementary color is Driftwood, 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 San Marino are #43a6b0 and #4d43b0. Thus found on the left and right of #4470b0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pelorous and Blue Violet colors as they work well with Pacific Blues.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pacific Blues palette consists of #a6b043 and #b04d43 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b08343). Try Sushi and Apple Blossom colors in combination with #4470b0, 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 #4470b0 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 Pacific Blues. Thus Sushi and Blush giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pacific Blues contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Driftwood, Fuchsia Pink, and Chateau Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #4470b0 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. Pacific Blues tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#b08343) and two others. The Blush is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Ocean Green – 120° from the complementary Driftwood. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b0436f and #43b083.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4470b0 is made of 19% red, 31% green and 49% blue. In a HSL mode Pacific Blues has a hue angle of 215.56°, a saturation of 44.26% and a lightness of 47.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4470b0 is made of 42.35% cyan, 25.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 30.98% black ink.

HEX #4470b0
RGB Decimal rgb(68,112,176)
RGB Percentage 19%, 31%, 49%
CMYK 42.35, 25.1, 0, 30.98
HSL hsl(215.56,44.26%,47.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(215.56,61.36%,69.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.9113,4.9915,-38.6179)
XYZ xyz(16.0145,15.9519,43.3093)
;