Blue Planet Color

#545e6a

Blue Planet 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 #aba195
Complementary Color #696054
Color Shade: blue cyan (212.73° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 37.25% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Planet Color Sample
Blue Planet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #545e6a

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Planet Color. The Pale Sky color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Beguiling Blue (#5e6f8e) for more energetic effect. Try Soulful Music as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#696054 is the best complementary color to Blue Planet. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #545e6a complementary color is Soya Bean, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Shuttle Gray are #546869 and #555469. Thus found on the left and right of #545e6a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cutty Sark and Scarpa Flow colors as they work well with Blue Planet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Planet palette consists of #696954 and #695554 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#696054). Try Kokoda and Dorado colors in combination with #545e6a, 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 #545e6a 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 Planet. Thus Siam and Zambezi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Planet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Soya Bean, Old Lavender, and Finlandia split by 90° on the color wheel. #545e6a square combo is a palette of blue cyan, cool magenta, orange and mid 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. Blue Planet tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#696054) and two others. The Zambezi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Corduroy – 120° from the complementary Soya Bean. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #69545d and #546960.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #545e6a is made of 30% red, 33% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Planet has a hue angle of 212.73°, a saturation of 11.58% and a lightness of 37.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #545e6a is made of 8.63% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 58.43% black ink.

HEX #545e6a
RGB Decimal rgb(84,94,106)
RGB Percentage 30%, 33%, 37%
CMYK 8.63, 4.71, 0, 58.43
HSL hsl(212.73,11.58%,37.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(212.73,20.75%,41.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.4637,-0.994,-8.1344)
XYZ xyz(10.2604,10.9308,15.2048)
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