Blue Sabre Color

#575f6a

Blue Sabre is pale, 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 #a8a095
Complementary Color #696157
Color Shade: blue cyan (214.74° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 37.84% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Sabre Color Sample
Blue Sabre Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #575f6a

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Sabre Color. The Space Convoy color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Bilberry (#71777e) for more calm effect. Try Black Boudoir as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#696157 is the best complementary color to Blue Sabre. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #575f6a complementary color is Soya Bean, 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 Shuttle Gray are #576869 and #585769. Thus found on the left and right of #575f6a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Corduroy and Scarpa Flow colors as they work well with Blue Sabre.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Sabre palette consists of #686957 and #695857 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#696157). Try Kokoda and Dorado colors in combination with #575f6a, 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 #575f6a 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 Sabre. Thus Siam and Zambezi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Sabre contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Soya Bean, Old Lavender, and Finlandia split by 90° on the color wheel. #575f6a 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 Sabre tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#696157) and two others. The Zambezi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Corduroy – 120° from the complementary Soya Bean. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #69575f and #576961.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #575f6a is made of 30% red, 33% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Sabre has a hue angle of 214.74°, a saturation of 9.84% and a lightness of 37.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #575f6a is made of 7.45% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 58.43% black ink.

HEX #575f6a
RGB Decimal rgb(87,95,106)
RGB Percentage 30%, 33%, 37%
CMYK 7.45, 4.32, 0, 58.43
HSL hsl(214.74,9.84%,37.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(214.74,17.92%,41.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(40.0005,-0.5262,-7.306)
XYZ xyz(10.6242,11.2513,15.2474)
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