Thick Blue is vivid, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or cool red
| Inverse Color | #a92 |
| Complementary Color | #dccc55 |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (232.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 60% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Thick Blue Color. The Royal Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called God of Rain (#4466cc) for more calm effect. Try Cornflower as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#dccc55 is the best complementary color to Thick 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 #56d complementary color is Wattle, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #55a9dc and #8855dc. Thus found on the left and right of #56d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Havelock Blue and Medium Purple colors as they work well with Thick Blue.
The split-complementary Thick Blue palette consists of #a9dc55 and #dc8855 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dccc55). Try Conifer and Di Serria colors in combination with #56d, 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 #56d offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Thick Blue. Thus Pastel Green and Roman giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Thick Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wattle, Deep Blush, and Pastel Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #56d square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Thick Blue tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#dccc55) and two others. The Roman is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Viking – 120° from the complementary Wattle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #dc5566 and #55dccc.
In a RGB color space, hex #5566dd is made of 21% red, 25% green and 54% blue. In a HSL mode Thick Blue has a hue angle of 232.5°, a saturation of 66.67% and a lightness of 60%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5566dd is made of 53.34% cyan, 46.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black ink.
| HEX | #5566dd |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(85,102,221) |
| RGB Percentage | 21%, 25%, 54% |
| CMYK | 53.34, 46.67, 0, 13.33 |
| HSL | hsl(232.5,66.67%,60%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(232.5,61.54%,86.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(47.8217,29.7884,-62.9747) |
| XYZ | xyz(21.5488,16.6545,70.4855) |