The Oregon Blue Color

#448ee4

The Oregon Blue is soft, 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 #bb711b
Complementary Color #e39a44
Color Shade: blue cyan (212.25° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 58.04% (better contrasting with white)
The Oregon Blue Color Sample
The Oregon Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #448ee4

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to The Oregon Blue Color. The Greek Sea color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Waimea Blue (#4ca2d9) for more calm effect. Try Andrea Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e39a44 is the best complementary color to The Oregon Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #448ee4 complementary color is Anzac, 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 Picton Blue are #44dde3 and #4a44e3. Thus found on the left and right of #448ee4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Picton Blue and Royal Blue colors as they work well with The Oregon Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary The Oregon Blue palette consists of #dde344 and #e34a44 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e39a44). Try Wattle and Cinnabar colors in combination with #448ee4, 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 #448ee4 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 The Oregon Blue. Thus Conifer and Cerise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of The Oregon Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Anzac, Orchid, and Pastel Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #448ee4 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. The Oregon Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#e39a44) and two others. The Cerise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shamrock – 120° from the complementary Anzac. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e3448d and #44e39a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #448ee4 is made of 16% red, 32% green and 52% blue. In a HSL mode The Oregon Blue has a hue angle of 212.25°, a saturation of 74.77% and a lightness of 58.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #448ee4 is made of 62.74% cyan, 33.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black ink.

HEX #448ee4
RGB Decimal rgb(68,142,228)
RGB Percentage 16%, 32%, 52%
CMYK 62.74, 33.72, 0, 10.59
HSL hsl(212.25,74.77%,58.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(212.25,70.18%,89.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.2041,4.9812,-50.3079)
XYZ xyz(26.0605,26.1764,77.0778)
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