Warm Blue Color

#4b57db

Warm Blue 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 #b4a824
Complementary Color #dbcf4a
Color Shade: cool blue (235° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 57.65% (better contrasting with white)
Warm Blue Color Sample
Warm Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4b57db

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Warm Blue Color. The Savoy 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 Monarchist (#4b62d2) for more calm effect. Try Thick Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#dbcf4a is the best complementary color to Warm Blue. 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 #4b57db complementary color is Wattle, 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 Royal Blue are #4a9edb and #864adb. Thus found on the left and right of #4b57db on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Havelock Blue and Medium Purple colors as they work well with Warm Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Warm Blue palette consists of #9edb4a and #db864a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dbcf4a). Try Conifer and Raw Sienna colors in combination with #4b57db, 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 #4b57db 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 Warm Blue. Thus Pastel Green and Mandy giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Warm Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wattle, Cerise, and Shamrock split by 90° on the color wheel. #4b57db 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. Warm Blue tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#dbcf4a) and two others. The Mandy is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Turquoise – 120° from the complementary Wattle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #db4a56 and #4adbcf.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4b57db is made of 20% red, 23% green and 57% blue. In a HSL mode Warm Blue has a hue angle of 235°, a saturation of 66.67% and a lightness of 57.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4b57db is made of 56.47% cyan, 51.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black ink.

HEX #4b57db
RGB Decimal rgb(75,87,219)
RGB Percentage 20%, 23%, 57%
CMYK 56.47, 51.76, 0, 14.12
HSL hsl(235,66.67%,57.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(235,65.75%,85.88%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.3993,36.8138,-69.0454)
XYZ xyz(19.096,13.4267,68.603)
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