Heisenberg Blue Color

#70d4fb

Heisenberg Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #8f2b04
Complementary Color #fb966f
Color Shade: cool cyan (196.83° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 71.18% (better contrasting with black)
Heisenberg Blue Color Sample
Heisenberg Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #70d4fb

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Heisenberg Blue Color. The Alpine Expedition color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Photon Projector (#88eeff) for more energetic effect. Try Glitter Lake as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#fb966f is the best complementary color to Heisenberg Blue. 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 #70d4fb complementary color is Atomic Tangerine, 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 Malibu are #6ffbdc and #6f8efb. Thus found on the left and right of #70d4fb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Aquamarine and Cornflower Blue colors as they work well with Heisenberg Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Heisenberg Blue palette consists of #fbdc6f and #fb6f8e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fb966f). Try Goldenrod and Brink Pink colors in combination with #70d4fb, 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 #70d4fb 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 Heisenberg Blue. Thus Mindaro and Persian Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Heisenberg Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Atomic Tangerine, Heliotrope, and Screamin' Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #70d4fb 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. Heisenberg Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#fb966f) and two others. The Persian Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Screamin' Green – 120° from the complementary Atomic Tangerine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fb6fd4 and #6ffb97.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #70d4fb is made of 19% red, 37% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Heisenberg Blue has a hue angle of 196.83°, a saturation of 94.56% and a lightness of 71.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #70d4fb is made of 54.51% cyan, 15.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black ink.

HEX #70d4fb
RGB Decimal rgb(112,212,251)
RGB Percentage 19%, 37%, 44%
CMYK 54.51, 15.29, 0, 1.57
HSL hsl(196.83,94.56%,71.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(196.83,55.38%,98.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(80.4582,-18.5989,-28.0042)
XYZ xyz(47.6382,57.4967,99.854)
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