Skinny Jeans Color

#5588ff

Skinny Jeans 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 #a70
Complementary Color #fecb55
Color Shade: blue cyan (222° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with white)
Skinny Jeans Color Sample
Skinny Jeans Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5588ff

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Skinny Jeans Color. The Clear Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Blue Chaos (#5599ff) for more calm effect. Try Bolt from the Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#fecb55 is the best complementary color to Skinny Jeans. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #58f complementary color is Golden Tainoi, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

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 #55dcfe and #7655fe. Thus found on the left and right of #58f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Malibu and Cornflower Blue colors as they work well with Skinny Jeans.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Skinny Jeans palette consists of #dcfe55 and #fe7755 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fecb55). Try Canary and Coral colors in combination with #58f, 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 #58f 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 Skinny Jeans. Thus Screamin' Green and Wild Watermelon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Skinny Jeans contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Golden Tainoi, Pink Flamingo, and Screamin' Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #58f square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Skinny Jeans tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#fecb55) and two others. The Wild Watermelon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aquamarine – 120° from the complementary Golden Tainoi. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fe5587 and #55fecc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5588ff is made of 18% red, 29% green and 54% blue. In a HSL mode Skinny Jeans has a hue angle of 222°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5588ff is made of 66.67% cyan, 46.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #5588ff
RGB Decimal rgb(85,136,255)
RGB Percentage 18%, 29%, 54%
CMYK 66.67, 46.67, 0, 0
HSL hsl(222,100%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(222,66.67%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.7512,20.4855,-64.3251)
XYZ xyz(30.6005,26.7596,98.16)
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