Rainy Morning Color

#005566

Rainy Morning is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta

Inverse Color #fa9
Complementary Color #610
Color Shade: mid cyan (190° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 20% (better contrasting with white)
Rainy Morning Color Sample
Rainy Morning Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #005566

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Rainy Morning Color. The Waterworld color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Pulsating Blue (#01678d) for more calm effect. Try Reservoir as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#610 is the best complementary color to Rainy Morning. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #056 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #064 and #002166. Thus found on the left and right of #056 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and Midnight Blue colors as they work well with Rainy Morning.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rainy Morning palette consists of #640 and #660021 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#610). Try White and Bordeaux colors in combination with #056, 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 #056 offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Rainy Morning. Thus Verdun Green and Pompadour giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rainy Morning contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and Japanese Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #056 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow 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. Rainy Morning tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#610) and two others. The Pompadour is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #660054 and #061.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #005566 is made of 0% red, 45% green and 55% blue. In a HSL mode Rainy Morning has a hue angle of 190°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 20%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #005566 is made of 40% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 60% black ink.

HEX #005566
RGB Decimal rgb(0,85,102)
RGB Percentage 0%, 45%, 55%
CMYK 40, 6.67, 0, 60
HSL hsl(190,100%,20%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(190,100%,40%)
CIE-LAB lab(32.8239,-15.3479,-16.069)
XYZ xyz(5.6468,7.4563,13.712)
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