Underwater Moonlight Color

#4488aa

Underwater Moonlight is pale, 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 #b75
Complementary Color #aa6543
Color Shade: cool cyan (200° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 46.67% (better contrasting with white)
Underwater Moonlight Color Sample
Underwater Moonlight Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4488aa

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Underwater Moonlight Color. The Silken Peacock color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Astral (#376f89) for more calm effect. Try Flat Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#aa6543 is the best complementary color to Underwater Moonlight. 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 #48a complementary color is Cape Palliser, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #43aa98 and #4355aa. Thus found on the left and right of #48a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Keppel and San Marino colors as they work well with Underwater Moonlight.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Underwater Moonlight palette consists of #aa9843 and #aa4355 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#aa6543). Try Driftwood and Hippie Pink colors in combination with #48a, 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 #48a 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 Underwater Moonlight. Thus Sushi and Rouge giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Underwater Moonlight contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cape Palliser, Vivid Violet, and Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #48a square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Underwater Moonlight tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#aa6543) and two others. The Rouge is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chateau Green – 120° from the complementary Cape Palliser. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #aa4387 and #43aa65.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4488aa is made of 18% red, 36% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Underwater Moonlight has a hue angle of 200°, a saturation of 42.86% and a lightness of 46.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4488aa is made of 40% cyan, 13.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #4488aa
RGB Decimal rgb(68,136,170)
RGB Percentage 18%, 36%, 45%
CMYK 40, 13.34, 0, 33.33
HSL hsl(200,42.86%,46.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(200,60%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(53.7496,-11.1724,-24.4636)
XYZ xyz(18.4438,21.7395,41.2543)
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