Brandywine Raspberry Color

#5555aa

Brandywine Raspberry is soft, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, cool green or mid red

Inverse Color #aa5
Complementary Color #a9aa55
Color Shade: cool blue (240° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Brandywine Raspberry Color Sample
Brandywine Raspberry Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5555aa

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Brandywine Raspberry Color. The Purple Toolbox color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Gladiola Blue (#6370b6) for more energetic effect. Try Chalcedony Violet as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a9aa55 is the best complementary color to Brandywine Raspberry. Mid yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #55a complementary color is Olive Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #557faa and #7f55aa. Thus found on the left and right of #55a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wedgewood and Deluge colors as they work well with Brandywine Raspberry.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Brandywine Raspberry palette consists of #7faa55 and #aa7f55 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a9aa55). Try Chelsea Cucumber and Limed Oak colors in combination with #55a, 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 #55a offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Brandywine Raspberry. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Brandywine Raspberry contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Olive Green, Tapestry, and Aqua Forest split by 90° on the color wheel. #55a square combo is a palette of cool blue, red magenta, mid yellow and cool 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. Brandywine Raspberry tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#a9aa55) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hippie Blue – 120° from the complementary Olive Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a55 and #55a9aa.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5555aa is made of 25% red, 25% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Brandywine Raspberry has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 33.33% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5555aa is made of 33.34% cyan, 33.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #5555aa
RGB Decimal rgb(85,85,170)
RGB Percentage 25%, 25%, 50%
CMYK 33.34, 33.34, 0, 33.33
HSL hsl(240,33.33%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(240,50%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(40.1318,23.6768,-45.8207)
XYZ xyz(14.2505,11.3306,39.4661)
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