Elegant Midnight is deep, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, warm cyan or warm red
| Inverse Color | #af4 |
| Complementary Color | #6b0 |
| Color Shade: | warm blue (267.27° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 36.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Elegant Midnight Color. The Aubergine Perl color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Trusted Purple (#6600cc) for more calm effect. Try Sea Grape as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6b0 is the best complementary color to Elegant Midnight. Cool yellow shades generally complement the warm blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #50b complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #0008bb and #b200bb. Thus found on the left and right of #50b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dark Blue and Purple colors as they work well with Elegant Midnight.
The split-complementary Elegant Midnight palette consists of #08bb00 and #bbb200 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6b0). Try Green and Buddha Gold colors in combination with #50b, 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 #50b offers a combination of cool green and warm red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Elegant Midnight. Thus Jade and Rose of Sharon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Elegant Midnight contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Guardsman Red, and Robin's Egg Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #50b square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool red, cool yellow and warm cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Elegant Midnight tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#6b0) and two others. The Rose of Sharon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bb5400 and #06b.
In a RGB color space, hex #5500bb is made of 31% red, 0% green and 69% blue. In a HSL mode Elegant Midnight has a hue angle of 267.27°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 36.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5500bb is made of 40% cyan, 73.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black ink.
| HEX | #5500bb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(85,0,187) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 0%, 69% |
| CMYK | 40, 73.33, 0, 26.67 |
| HSL | hsl(267.27,100%,36.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(267.27,100%,73.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(28.1654,65.3571,-75.4401) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.716,5.5192,47.4088) |