Sea Serpent's Tears Color

#5511cc

Sea Serpent's Tears is deep, cool-toned shade of warm blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool yellow, warm cyan or warm red

Inverse Color #ae3
Complementary Color #88cc10
Color Shade: warm blue (261.82° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 43.33% (better contrasting with white)
Sea Serpent's Tears Color Sample
Sea Serpent's Tears Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5511cc

If you're looking for a similar warm blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Sea Serpent's Tears Color. The Galactic Highway color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Indigo Blue (#3a18b1) for more calm effect. Try Voluptuous Violet as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#88cc10 is the best complementary color to Sea Serpent's Tears. Cool yellow shades generally complement the warm blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #51c complementary color is Bahia, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool blue, warm blue, and cool magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #102acc and #b210cc. Thus found on the left and right of #51c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Persian Blue and Electric Violet colors as they work well with Sea Serpent's Tears.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sea Serpent's Tears palette consists of #2acc10 and #ccb210 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#88cc10). Try Malachite and Galliano colors in combination with #51c, 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 #51c offers a combination of cool green and warm red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sea Serpent's Tears. Thus Malachite and Tia Maria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sea Serpent's Tears contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bahia, Crimson, and Java split by 90° on the color wheel. #51c square combo is a palette of warm blue, cool red, cool yellow and warm cyan 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. Sea Serpent's Tears tetradic combo consists of cool yellow complementary color (#88cc10) and two others. The Tia Maria is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Denim – 120° from the complementary Bahia. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cc5410 and #1088cc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5511cc is made of 28% red, 6% green and 67% blue. In a HSL mode Sea Serpent's Tears has a hue angle of 261.82°, a saturation of 84.62% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5511cc is made of 46.67% cyan, 73.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #5511cc
RGB Decimal rgb(85,17,204)
RGB Percentage 28%, 6%, 67%
CMYK 46.67, 73.33, 0, 20
HSL hsl(261.82,84.62%,43.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(261.82,91.67%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.0948,66.2778,-80.5881)
XYZ xyz(14.8458,6.6918,57.6359)
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