Blue Jay is soft, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta
| Inverse Color | #a72 |
| Complementary Color | #dcaa55 |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (217.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 60% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Jay Color. The Blue Bay color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Little Boy Blue (#6ca0dc) for more calm effect. Try Cornflower as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#dcaa55 is the best complementary color to Blue Jay. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #58d complementary color is Di Serria, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #55cbdc and #6555dc. Thus found on the left and right of #58d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Viking and Royal Blue colors as they work well with Blue Jay.
The split-complementary Blue Jay palette consists of #ccdc55 and #dc6655 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dcaa55). Try Wattle and Roman colors in combination with #58d, 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 #58d offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blue Jay. Thus Conifer and Cranberry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Jay contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Di Serria, Orchid, and Pastel Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #58d square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Blue Jay tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#dcaa55) and two others. The Cranberry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shamrock – 120° from the complementary Di Serria. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #dc5587 and #55dcaa.
In a RGB color space, hex #5588dd is made of 19% red, 31% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Jay has a hue angle of 217.5°, a saturation of 66.67% and a lightness of 60%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5588dd is made of 53.34% cyan, 33.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black ink.
| HEX | #5588dd |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(85,136,221) |
| RGB Percentage | 19%, 31%, 50% |
| CMYK | 53.34, 33.34, 0, 13.33 |
| HSL | hsl(217.5,66.67%,60%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(217.5,61.54%,86.67%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.8409,8.9393,-48.5227) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.6016,24.7601,71.8364) |