Blue Elemental 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 | #a71 |
Complementary Color | #eebb54 |
Color Shade: | blue cyan (220° hue) |
Color Temperature: | cool |
Lightness: | 63.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Elemental Color. The Soft Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called United Nations Blue (#5b92e5) for more calm effect. Try Guilliman Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#eebb54 is the best complementary color to Blue Elemental. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #58e complementary color is Ronchi, 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 #54d4ee and #6e54ee. Thus found on the left and right of #58e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Picton Blue and Royal Blue colors as they work well with Blue Elemental.
The split-complementary Blue Elemental palette consists of #d4ee54 and #ee6e54 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#eebb54). Try Starship and Burnt Sienna colors in combination with #58e, 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 #58e 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 Elemental. Thus Conifer and French Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Elemental contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ronchi, Brilliant Rose, and Screamin' Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #58e 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 Elemental tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#eebb54) and two others. The French Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Turquoise Blue – 120° from the complementary Ronchi. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ee5487 and #54eeba.
In a RGB color space, hex #5588ee is made of 19% red, 30% green and 52% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Elemental has a hue angle of 220°, a saturation of 81.82% and a lightness of 63.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5588ee is made of 60% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black ink.
HEX | #5588ee |
RGB Decimal | rgb(85,136,238) |
RGB Percentage | 19%, 30%, 52% |
CMYK | 60, 40, 0, 6.67 |
HSL | hsl(220,81.82%,63.33%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(220,64.29%,93.33%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(57.7633,14.6804,-56.5257) |
XYZ | xyz(27.9831,25.7127,84.3771) |