Blue Beauty Color

#7498bf

Blue Beauty is pale, 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 #8b6740
Complementary Color #bf9b73
Color Shade: blue cyan (211.2° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 60.2% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Beauty Color Sample
Blue Beauty Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7498bf

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Beauty Color. The Chilly Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Azul Pavo Real (#537faf) for more calm effect. Try Oxygen Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bf9b73 is the best complementary color to Blue Beauty. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7498bf complementary color is Teak, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Ship Cove are #73bdbf and #7573bf. Thus found on the left and right of #7498bf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Neptune and Blue Marguerite colors as they work well with Blue Beauty.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Beauty palette consists of #bdbf73 and #bf7573 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bf9b73). Try Gimblet and Old Rose colors in combination with #7498bf, 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 #7498bf 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 Beauty. Thus Olivine and Turkish Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Beauty contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Teak, Fuchsia Pink, and De York split by 90° on the color wheel. #7498bf square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Blue Beauty tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#bf9b73) and two others. The Turkish Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Silver Tree – 120° from the complementary Teak. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bf7397 and #73bf9b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7498bf is made of 25% red, 33% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Beauty has a hue angle of 211.2°, a saturation of 36.95% and a lightness of 60.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7498bf is made of 29.41% cyan, 15.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black ink.

HEX #7498bf
RGB Decimal rgb(116,152,191)
RGB Percentage 25%, 33%, 42%
CMYK 29.41, 15.29, 0, 25.1
HSL hsl(211.2,36.95%,60.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(211.2,39.27%,74.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.5947,-2.4234,-24.1345)
XYZ xyz(27.8347,29.9311,53.6004)
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