Blue Chaos Color

#5599ff

Blue Chaos 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 #a60
Complementary Color #febb55
Color Shade: blue cyan (216° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Chaos Color Sample
Blue Chaos Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5599ff

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Chaos Color. The C64 NTSC color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Cooler Than Ever (#77bbff) for more calm effect. Try Green Darner Tail as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#febb55 is the best complementary color to Blue Chaos. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #59f complementary color is Texas Rose, 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 #55edfe and #6555fe. Thus found on the left and right of #59f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Malibu and Cornflower Blue colors as they work well with Blue Chaos.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Chaos palette consists of #eefe55 and #fe6655 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#febb55). Try Canary and Persimmon colors in combination with #59f, 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 #59f 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 Chaos. Thus Green Yellow and Brink Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Chaos contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Texas Rose, Pink Flamingo, and Screamin' Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #59f 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. Blue Chaos tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#febb55) and two others. The Brink Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aquamarine – 120° from the complementary Texas Rose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fe5598 and #55febb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5599ff is made of 17% red, 31% green and 52% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Chaos has a hue angle of 216°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5599ff is made of 66.67% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #5599ff
RGB Decimal rgb(85,153,255)
RGB Percentage 17%, 31%, 52%
CMYK 66.67, 40, 0, 0
HSL hsl(216,100%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(216,66.67%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(63.2881,10.3271,-57.0669)
XYZ xyz(33.1875,31.9338,99.0224)
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