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Hydrangea Blue

Shuttle Art Blue cool

Shuttle Art 183 Hydrangea Blue is a light vivid blue alcohol marker in the Blue family. It sits in the lighter value range, making it well-suited for pale sky, light water, cloudy sky. Cool undertones make it well-suited to shadows, skies, and atmospheric depth.

Blue family Cool temperature 68% lightness
Pale skyLight waterCloudy skySoft atmosphereDaylight haze
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
Hydrangea Blue
Color Family
Blue
Temperature
Cool
Lightness
68%
Saturation
76%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

Computed lighter and darker shades from the displayed swatches. Test them on your paper before blending.

Shadow Side
Sky Blue
Sky Blue Perceptual L71%
29
29 Perceptual L71%
Current Marker
183
Hydrangea Blue Perceptual L71%
Highlight Side
271
Light Blue Perceptual L72%
GM29
Azure Perceptual L72%

Works Well With

Highlights
B22
B22
+12 lightness
Mint Blue
Mint Blue
+12 lightness
272
Grayishight Blue Pale
+14 lightness
145
Baby Blue
+15 lightness
Shadows
76
76
-12 lightness
75
75
-12 lightness
183
183
-14 lightness
Smoky Blue
Smoky Blue
-14 lightness
Analogous Colors
B45
B45
15° hue shift
215
215
15° hue shift
Sky Blue
Sky Blue
15° hue shift
Sky Blue
Sky Blue
15° hue shift
Complementary Accent

Opposite on the color wheel. Useful for contrast, focal points, and making warm colors stand out.

24
Marigold
opposite hue
100
Ochre
opposite hue
102
Raw Umber
opposite hue
109
Pearl White
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 183 fits the color story by mood and hue.

🧁 Sugar Rush Kitchen
Sunshine yellow, candy pink, sky blue, cherry coral, and cocoa brown.
Cozy
🧺 Laundromat
Tube-lit blue at 11 p.m., dryers tumbling behind a row of orange plastic chairs nobody is in.
Environment
🕊 Sunday Garden Stillness
Sage and powder sky over wet grass before anyone in the house is awake.
Emotional
🎨 Watercolor Airy
Botanical study left to dry on cold-press paper; pigment pooling at the edges and the rest fading to white.
Art Style
🏪 Fluorescent Store
Drugstore tubes humming at 3 a.m.; every face the color of nausea.
Lighting
🌸 Cherry Blossom Rain
Pink petals stuck to rain-darkened concrete the morning after the bloom.
Seasonal
📺 Dreamcore Static
Yellow-green hallway extending past where memory ends; the carpet doesn't repeat and the doors are all wrong.
Emotional
🏬 Empty Mall Atrium
Skylight bleaching the marble at 10am on a Tuesday; no one is here and it feels like a test.
Emotional

Similar Colors in Blue

76
Sky Blue
light vivid blue
#8AB8EC
90
Frost Blue
pale vivid blue
#80BFFC
272
272
light blue
#A1BBCF
66
Baby Blue
light vivid blue
#68C0F2
D74
Egyptian Blue
light vivid blue
#4AB3F3
69
Prussian Blue
mid vivid blue
#1B6ECC
178
Pale Turquoise
light blue
#9DC7D5
144
Misty Blue
pale blue
#B2C7E2

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