Qualifying Blue
3-color palette · hex codes and a ready-to-copy AI image prompt
- Court Blue
- #1E4E9B
- Optic Yellow
- #D6E23F
- Line White
- #F5F7F5
Blue and yellow sit almost opposite each other on the wheel, so the pair carries maximum hue contrast, and the very different values — a dark saturated blue against a high-key yellow — keep it legible at small sizes instead of vibrating. The line white is the working part: a thin neutral gap stops the two chromatic fields from bleeding into each other. It comes from the US Open qualifying rounds and Fan Week at Flushing Meadows this week, where the blue court, the optic ball and the painted lines are the entire visual system.
US Open 2026 qualifying, Aug 24-28 - Flushing Meadows court palette
AI image prompt
Hex codes are baked into the prompt. For Midjourney, attach the square reference image below first — palettes hold far better with a visual reference.
wide overhead shot of an empty hard tennis court in late afternoon, deep court blue #1E4E9B surface, crisp painted lines in #F5F7F5, a single optic yellow #D6E23F ball resting near the baseline, long raking sunlight, hard shadows, sports editorial photography, high contrast, clean geometry --ar 4:5
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