Blue Antarctic Color

#4b789b

Blue Antarctic 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 #b48764
Complementary Color #9b6d4a
Color Shade: cool cyan (206.25° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 45.1% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Antarctic Color Sample
Blue Antarctic Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #4b789b

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Antarctic Color. The Eclipse Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Vanity (#5692b2) for more energetic effect. Try Parlour Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9b6d4a is the best complementary color to Blue Antarctic. 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 #4b789b 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 Wedgewood are #4a9b95 and #4a4f9b. Thus found on the left and right of #4b789b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wedgewood and Victoria colors as they work well with Blue Antarctic.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Antarctic palette consists of #9b954a and #9b4a4f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9b6d4a). Try Limed Oak and Copper Rust colors in combination with #4b789b, 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 #4b789b 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 Blue Antarctic. Thus Asparagus and Cannon Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Antarctic contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cape Palliser, Affair, and Fruit Salad split by 90° on the color wheel. #4b789b 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. Blue Antarctic tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#9b6d4a) and two others. The Cannon Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fruit Salad – 120° from the complementary Cape Palliser. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9b4a77 and #4a9b6e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #4b789b is made of 21% red, 34% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Antarctic has a hue angle of 206.25°, a saturation of 34.78% and a lightness of 45.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4b789b is made of 31.37% cyan, 13.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.22% black ink.

HEX #4b789b
RGB Decimal rgb(75,120,155)
RGB Percentage 21%, 34%, 44%
CMYK 31.37, 13.72, 0, 39.22
HSL hsl(206.25,34.78%,45.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(206.25,51.61%,60.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.63,-5.2043,-23.627)
XYZ xyz(15.5345,17.2954,33.5299)
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