Cosmopolitan Color

#528bab

Cosmopolitan 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 #ad7454
Complementary Color #ab7252
Color Shade: cool cyan (201.57° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 49.61% (better contrasting with white)
Cosmopolitan Color Sample
Cosmopolitan Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #528bab

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cosmopolitan Color. The Decoration Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Trustee (#527498) for more calm effect. Try Inky Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ab7252 is the best complementary color to Cosmopolitan. 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 #528bab complementary color is Santa Fe, 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 Hippie Blue are #52ab9e and #525eab. Thus found on the left and right of #528bab on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tradewind and Scampi colors as they work well with Cosmopolitan.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cosmopolitan palette consists of #ab9e52 and #ab525e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ab7252). Try Husk and Matrix colors in combination with #528bab, 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 #528bab 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 Cosmopolitan. Thus Chelsea Cucumber and Tapestry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cosmopolitan contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Santa Fe, Wisteria, and Fruit Salad split by 90° on the color wheel. #528bab 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. Cosmopolitan tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ab7252) and two others. The Tapestry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aqua Forest – 120° from the complementary Santa Fe. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ab528a and #52ab72.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #528bab is made of 21% red, 35% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Cosmopolitan has a hue angle of 201.57°, a saturation of 35.18% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #528bab is made of 34.9% cyan, 12.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.94% black ink.

HEX #528bab
RGB Decimal rgb(82,139,171)
RGB Percentage 21%, 35%, 44%
CMYK 34.9, 12.55, 0, 32.94
HSL hsl(201.57,35.18%,49.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(201.57,52.05%,67.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(55.2771,-9.5218,-22.6373)
XYZ xyz(20.063,23.1994,41.9486)
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