Blue Vault is calm, 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 | #b17c42 |
| Complementary Color | #bd884e |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (211.35° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 52.35% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Vault Color. The Azraq Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Blue Promise (#729cc2) for more calm effect. Try Waterline Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#bd884e is the best complementary color to Blue Vault. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4e83bd complementary color is Twine, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Steel Blue are #4ebabd and #504ebd. Thus found on the left and right of #4e83bd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fountain Blue and Blue Violet colors as they work well with Blue Vault.
The split-complementary Blue Vault palette consists of #babd4e and #bd504e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bd884e). Try Celery and Chestnut colors in combination with #4e83bd, 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 #4e83bd 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 Blue Vault. Thus Mantis and Mulberry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Vault contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Twine, Fuchsia Pink, and Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #4e83bd square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange 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. Blue Vault tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#bd884e) and two others. The Mulberry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Emerald – 120° from the complementary Twine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bd4e83 and #4ebd88.
In a RGB color space, hex #4e83bd is made of 20% red, 33% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Vault has a hue angle of 211.35°, a saturation of 45.68% and a lightness of 52.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4e83bd is made of 43.53% cyan, 22.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black ink.
| HEX | #4e83bd |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(78,131,189) |
| RGB Percentage | 20%, 33%, 47% |
| CMYK | 43.53, 22.75, 0, 25.88 |
| HSL | hsl(211.35,45.68%,52.35%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(211.35,58.73%,74.12%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.5209,-0.0817,-35.6832) |
| XYZ | xyz(20.4435,21.5264,51.2216) |