Blue Ballet is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, cool yellow or mid magenta
| Inverse Color | #a89494 |
| Complementary Color | #6b5656 |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (180° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 38.04% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Ballet Color. The Hidden Peak color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Sirocco (#718080) for more calm effect. Try Dark as Night as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6b5656 is the best complementary color to Blue Ballet. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #576b6b complementary color is Dorado, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, warm cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Corduroy are #566b61 and #56606b. Thus found on the left and right of #576b6b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Corduroy and Shuttle Gray colors as they work well with Blue Ballet.
The split-complementary Blue Ballet palette consists of #6b6156 and #6b5661 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6b5656). Try Pine Cone and Zambezi colors in combination with #576b6b, 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 #576b6b offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blue Ballet. Thus Kokoda and Old Lavender giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Ballet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dorado, Salt Box, and Siam split by 90° on the color wheel. #576b6b square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, mid red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Blue Ballet tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#6b5656) and two others. The Old Lavender is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Finlandia – 120° from the complementary Dorado. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6b566a and #566b56.
In a RGB color space, hex #576b6b is made of 29% red, 36% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Ballet has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 10.31% and a lightness of 38.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #576b6b is made of 7.84% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 58.04% black ink.
| HEX | #576b6b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(87,107,107) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 36%, 36% |
| CMYK | 7.84, 0, 0, 58.04 |
| HSL | hsl(180,10.31%,38.04%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(180,18.69%,41.96%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(43.6584,-7.4209,-2.4856) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.842,13.6032,15.9115) |