Blue Steel is pale, 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 | #aca59e |
| Complementary Color | #605953 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (210° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 35.29% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Steel Color. The Draw Your Sword color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Antique Tin (#6e7173) for more calm effect. Try Wharf View as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#605953 is the best complementary color to Blue Steel. 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 #535a61 complementary color is Chicago, 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 Abbey are #536060 and #535360. Thus found on the left and right of #535a61 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Corduroy and Scarpa Flow colors as they work well with Blue Steel.
The split-complementary Blue Steel palette consists of #606053 and #605353 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#605953). Try Chicago and Zambezi colors in combination with #535a61, 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 #535a61 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 Blue Steel. Thus Siam and Don Juan giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Steel contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chicago, Don Juan, and Finlandia split by 90° on the color wheel. #535a61 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. Blue Steel tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#605953) and two others. The Don Juan is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Nandor – 120° from the complementary Chicago. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #605359 and #536059.
In a RGB color space, hex #535a61 is made of 31% red, 33% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Steel has a hue angle of 210°, a saturation of 7.78% and a lightness of 35.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #535a61 is made of 5.49% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 61.96% black ink.
| HEX | #535a61 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(83,90,97) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 33%, 36% |
| CMYK | 5.49, 2.75, 0, 61.96 |
| HSL | hsl(210,7.78%,35.29%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(210,14.43%,38.04%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(37.8683,-1.1216,-4.9649) |
| XYZ | xyz(9.3811,10.0144,12.7478) |