Methyl Blue Color – #0074a8: Codes and Complete Breakdown

Methyl blue is a real dye, also sold as cotton blue or Acid Blue 93 (C.I. 42780), and histology labs use it to stain collagen in Masson’s trichrome slides. It shares nothing with methylene blue except the color family. This methyl blue color code, #0074a8, is a clean mid-dark azure with zero red.

Methyl Blue Color Shades

Complementary colors

1. #0073A8

2. #A83500

Triadic colors

1. #0073A8

2. #A80073

3. #73A800

Tints or lighter colors

1. #0096DB

2. #0FB3FF

3. #42C3FF

4. #75D3FF

5. #A8E3FF

Darker colors

1. #005075

2. #002D42

3. #000A0F

Analogous colors

1. #00A835

2. #00A889

3. #0073A8

4. #001FA8

5. #3500A8

Monochromatic colors

1. #003E5B

2. #00618E

3. #0084C1

4. #00A7F4

5. #2EB9FA