Nyctophobia Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, mid green or cool red
| Inverse Color | #b2a785 |
| Complementary Color | #7a6f4d |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (225.33° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 39.02% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Nyctophobia Blue Color. The Blueberry Patch color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Meteorite Black Blue (#414756) for more calm effect. Try Ocean Night as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#7a6f4d is the best complementary color to Nyctophobia 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 #4d587a complementary color is Shadow, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blue Bayoux are #4d6e7a and #584d7a. Thus found on the left and right of #4d587a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Bayoux and Mulled Wine colors as they work well with Nyctophobia Blue.
The split-complementary Nyctophobia Blue palette consists of #6e7a4d and #7a584d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7a6f4d). Try Dingley and Roman Coffee colors in combination with #4d587a, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #4d587a 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 Nyctophobia Blue. Thus Dingley and Ferra giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Nyctophobia Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shadow, Cannon Pink, and Como split by 90° on the color wheel. #4d587a square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Nyctophobia Blue tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#7a6f4d) and two others. The Ferra is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cutty Sark – 120° from the complementary Shadow. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7a4d57 and #4d7a6f.
In a RGB color space, hex #4d587a is made of 27% red, 31% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Nyctophobia Blue has a hue angle of 225.33°, a saturation of 22.61% and a lightness of 39.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4d587a is made of 17.64% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 52.16% black ink.
| HEX | #4d587a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(77,88,122) |
| RGB Percentage | 27%, 31%, 43% |
| CMYK | 17.64, 13.33, 0, 52.16 |
| HSL | hsl(225.33,22.61%,39.02%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(225.33,36.89%,47.84%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(37.7748,4.7505,-20.6033) |
| XYZ | xyz(10.0631,9.9624,19.8049) |