Shady Neon Blue Color

#5555ff

Shady Neon Blue is vivid, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, green cyan or mid red

Inverse Color #aa0
Complementary Color #fefe55
Color Shade: cool blue (240° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with white)
Shady Neon Blue Color Sample
Shady Neon Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5555ff

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Shady Neon Blue Color. The Pretentious Peacock color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Blue Heath Butterfly (#5566ff) for more calm effect. Try Blue Genie as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#fefe55 is the best complementary color to Shady Neon Blue. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #55f complementary color is Gorse, 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 #55a9fe and #a955fe. Thus found on the left and right of #55f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Malibu and Heliotrope colors as they work well with Shady Neon Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Shady Neon Blue palette consists of #aafe55 and #feaa55 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fefe55). Try Green Yellow and Texas Rose colors in combination with #55f, 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 #55f 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 Shady Neon Blue. Thus Screamin' Green and Persimmon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Shady Neon Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gorse, Hot Pink, and Aquamarine split by 90° on the color wheel. #55f square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and green 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. Shady Neon Blue tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#fefe55) and two others. The Persimmon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aquamarine – 120° from the complementary Gorse. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fe5555 and #55fefe.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5555ff is made of 20% red, 20% green and 60% blue. In a HSL mode Shady Neon Blue has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5555ff is made of 66.67% cyan, 66.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #5555ff
RGB Decimal rgb(85,85,255)
RGB Percentage 20%, 20%, 60%
CMYK 66.67, 66.67, 0, 0
HSL hsl(240,100%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(240,66.67%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.5096,51.1124,-84.2084)
XYZ xyz(25.0448,15.6483,96.3082)
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