Joust Blue is soft, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, warm green or warm magenta
| Inverse Color | #a50 |
| Complementary Color | #feaa55 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (210° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 66.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Joust Blue Color. The Fennel Flower color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Blue Chaos (#5599ff) for more calm effect. Try Hello Summer as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#feaa55 is the best complementary color to Joust Blue. Orange shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5af complementary color is Texas Rose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #55fefe and #5555fe. Thus found on the left and right of #5af on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Aquamarine and Dodger Blue colors as they work well with Joust Blue.
The split-complementary Joust Blue palette consists of #fefe55 and #fe5555 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#feaa55). Try Gorse and Persimmon colors in combination with #5af, 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 #5af offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Joust Blue. Thus Green Yellow and Hot Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Joust Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Texas Rose, Pink Flamingo, and Screamin' Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #5af square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, orange and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Joust Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#feaa55) and two others. The Hot 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 #fe55aa and #55feaa.
In a RGB color space, hex #55aaff is made of 17% red, 33% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Joust Blue has a hue angle of 210°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #55aaff is made of 66.67% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #55aaff |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(85,170,255) |
| RGB Percentage | 17%, 33%, 50% |
| CMYK | 66.67, 33.33, 0, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(210,100%,66.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(210,66.67%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.9474,0.4932,-49.6802) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.171,37.9007,100.0169) |