Flickering Sea Color

#5566ee

Flickering Sea 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 #a91
Complementary Color #eedd54
Color Shade: cool blue (233.33° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 63.33% (better contrasting with white)
Flickering Sea Color Sample
Flickering Sea Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5566ee

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Flickering Sea Color. The Veteran's Day Blue 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 Oyster Cult (#5577ee) for more calm effect. Try Pan Purple as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#eedd54 is the best complementary color to Flickering Sea. 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 #56e complementary color is Confetti, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

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 #54b2ee and #9054ee. Thus found on the left and right of #56e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Picton Blue and Medium Purple colors as they work well with Flickering Sea.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Flickering Sea palette consists of #b2ee54 and #ee9054 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#eedd54). Try Sulu and Jaffa colors in combination with #56e, 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 #56e 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 Flickering Sea. Thus Screamin' Green and Mandy giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Flickering Sea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Confetti, Brilliant Rose, and Screamin' Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #56e square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm 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. Flickering Sea tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#eedd54) and two others. The Mandy is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Turquoise Blue – 120° from the complementary Confetti. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ee5465 and #54eedd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5566ee is made of 20% red, 24% green and 56% blue. In a HSL mode Flickering Sea has a hue angle of 233.33°, a saturation of 81.82% and a lightness of 63.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5566ee is made of 60% cyan, 53.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #5566ee
RGB Decimal rgb(85,102,238)
RGB Percentage 20%, 24%, 56%
CMYK 60, 53.33, 0, 6.67
HSL hsl(233.33,81.82%,63.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(233.33,64.29%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.016,35.4817,-70.6215)
XYZ xyz(23.9303,17.6071,83.0262)
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