San Miguel Blue Color

#527585

San Miguel Blue is pale, 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 #ad8a7a
Complementary Color #856251
Color Shade: cool cyan (198.82° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 42.16% (better contrasting with white)
San Miguel Blue Color Sample
San Miguel Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #527585

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to San Miguel Blue Color. The Rackley color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Salt Box Blue (#648fa4) for more energetic effect. Try Blue Tapestry as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#856251 is the best complementary color to San Miguel Blue. 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 #527585 complementary color is Roman Coffee, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Bismark are #51857b and #515b85. Thus found on the left and right of #527585 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cutty Sark and Blue Bayoux colors as they work well with San Miguel Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary San Miguel Blue palette consists of #857b51 and #85515b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#856251). Try Shadow and Au Chico colors in combination with #527585, 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 #527585 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 San Miguel Blue. Thus Dingley and Strikemaster giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of San Miguel Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Roman Coffee, Trendy Pink, and Hippie Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #527585 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. San Miguel Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#856251) and two others. The Strikemaster is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spring Leaves – 120° from the complementary Roman Coffee. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #855174 and #518562.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #527585 is made of 25% red, 35% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode San Miguel Blue has a hue angle of 198.82°, a saturation of 23.72% and a lightness of 42.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #527585 is made of 20% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.84% black ink.

HEX #527585
RGB Decimal rgb(82,117,133)
RGB Percentage 25%, 35%, 40%
CMYK 20, 6.28, 0, 47.84
HSL hsl(198.82,23.72%,42.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(198.82,38.35%,52.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.2486,-8.0969,-12.7247)
XYZ xyz(14.0746,16.2099,24.5773)
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