High Profile is calm, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta
| Inverse Color | #ffa57a |
| Complementary Color | #852b00 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (199.4° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 26.08% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to High Profile Color. The Private Eye color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Workshop Blue (#02667b) for more calm effect. Try Maniac Mansion as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#852b00 is the best complementary color to High Profile. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #005a85 complementary color is Red Beech, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Orient are #00856d and #001785. Thus found on the left and right of #005a85 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Deep Sea and Resolution Blue colors as they work well with High Profile.
The split-complementary High Profile palette consists of #856d00 and #850017 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#852b00). Try Olive and Red Devil colors in combination with #005a85, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #005a85 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the High Profile. Thus Limeade and Fresh Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of High Profile contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Red Beech, Purple, and Japanese Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #005a85 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. High Profile tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#852b00) and two others. The Fresh Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fun Green – 120° from the complementary Red Beech. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #85005a and #00852b.
In a RGB color space, hex #005a85 is made of 0% red, 40% green and 60% blue. In a HSL mode High Profile has a hue angle of 199.4°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 26.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #005a85 is made of 52.16% cyan, 16.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.84% black ink.
| HEX | #005a85 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,90,133) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 40%, 60% |
| CMYK | 52.16, 16.87, 0, 47.84 |
| HSL | hsl(199.4,100%,26.08%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(199.4,100%,52.16%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(35.9954,-6.0064,-30.3425) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.8898,9.0058,23.5128) |