Sapphire Stone is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta
| Inverse Color | #beb6a2 |
| Complementary Color | #5d5541 |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (222.86° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 30.98% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sapphire Stone Color. The Speedwell color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Sea Going (#2a2e44) for more energetic effect. Try Confederate as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5d5541 is the best complementary color to Sapphire Stone. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #41495d complementary color is Hemlock, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of River Bed are #41575d and #47415d. Thus found on the left and right of #41495d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Limed Spruce and Mulled Wine colors as they work well with Sapphire Stone.
The split-complementary Sapphire Stone palette consists of #575d41 and #5d4741 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5d5541). Try Finch and Kabul colors in combination with #41495d, 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 #41495d offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sapphire Stone. Thus Axolotl and Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Sapphire Stone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hemlock, Eggplant, and Gray Asparagus split by 90° on the color wheel. #41495d square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Sapphire Stone tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#5d5541) and two others. The Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mineral Green – 120° from the complementary Hemlock. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5d4149 and #415d55.
In a RGB color space, hex #41495d is made of 28% red, 32% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Sapphire Stone has a hue angle of 222.86°, a saturation of 17.72% and a lightness of 30.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #41495d is made of 10.98% cyan, 7.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 63.53% black ink.
| HEX | #41495d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(65,73,93) |
| RGB Percentage | 28%, 32%, 40% |
| CMYK | 10.98, 7.84, 0, 63.53 |
| HSL | hsl(222.86,17.72%,30.98%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(222.86,30.11%,36.47%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(31.0652,2.003,-12.842) |
| XYZ | xyz(6.5383,6.6792,11.3005) |