Electric Indigo Color

#6600ff

Electric Indigo 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 #9f0
Complementary Color #98ff00
Color Shade: warm blue (264° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Electric Indigo Color Sample
Electric Indigo Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6600ff

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Electric Indigo Color. The Szöllősi Grape color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Purple Climax (#8800ff) for more calm effect. Try Poseidon's Territory as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#98ff00 is the best complementary color to Electric Indigo. 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 #60f complementary color is Chartreuse, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

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 #0019ff and #e500ff. Thus found on the left and right of #60f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue and Electric Violet colors as they work well with Electric Indigo.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Electric Indigo palette consists of #19ff00 and #ffe500 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#98ff00). Try Green and Turbo colors in combination with #60f, 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 #60f 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 Electric Indigo. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Electric Indigo contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chartreuse, Red, and Cyan / Aqua split by 90° on the color wheel. #60f square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool red, cool yellow and warm cyan 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. Electric Indigo tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#98ff00) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Azure Radiance – 120° from the complementary Chartreuse. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #f60 and #0098ff.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6600ff is made of 29% red, 0% green and 71% blue. In a HSL mode Electric Indigo has a hue angle of 264°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6600ff is made of 60% cyan, 100% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #6600ff
RGB Decimal rgb(102,0,255)
RGB Percentage 29%, 0%, 71%
CMYK 60, 100, 0, 0
HSL hsl(264,100%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(264,100%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(37.9227,81.5253,-98.3456)
XYZ xyz(23.5295,10.0448,95.3064)
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