Sea Salt Rivers is calm, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or red magenta
| Inverse Color | #af7842 |
| Complementary Color | #bd8650 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (209.72° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 52.75% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sea Salt Rivers Color. The Nocturne Shade color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Air Superiority Blue (#72a0c1) for more calm effect. Try Mega Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#bd8650 is the best complementary color to Sea Salt Rivers. 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 #5087bd complementary color is Twine, 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 Steel Blue are #50bdbc and #5050bd. Thus found on the left and right of #5087bd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fountain Blue and Blue Violet colors as they work well with Sea Salt Rivers.
The split-complementary Sea Salt Rivers palette consists of #bdbc50 and #bd5050 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bd8650). Try Celery and Chestnut colors in combination with #5087bd, 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 #5087bd 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 Sea Salt Rivers. Thus Mantis and Mulberry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Sea Salt Rivers contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Twine, Amethyst, and Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #5087bd 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. Sea Salt Rivers tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#bd8650) and two others. The Mulberry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Emerald – 120° from the complementary Twine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bd5086 and #50bd86.
In a RGB color space, hex #5087bd is made of 20% red, 33% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Sea Salt Rivers has a hue angle of 209.72°, a saturation of 45.23% and a lightness of 52.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5087bd is made of 42.75% cyan, 21.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black ink.
| HEX | #5087bd |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(80,135,189) |
| RGB Percentage | 20%, 33%, 47% |
| CMYK | 42.75, 21.18, 0, 25.88 |
| HSL | hsl(209.72,45.23%,52.75%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(209.72,57.67%,74.12%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.7698,-2.0169,-33.7223) |
| XYZ | xyz(21.1575,22.7075,51.412) |