Great Basin Color

#576e8b

Great Basin 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 #a89174
Complementary Color #8b7357
Color Shade: blue cyan (213.46° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 44.31% (better contrasting with white)
Great Basin Color Sample
Great Basin Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #576e8b

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Great Basin Color. The Vintage Indigo 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 Blowout (#658499) for more calm effect. Try Property as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8b7357 is the best complementary color to Great Basin. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #576e8b complementary color is Domino, 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 Waikawa Gray are #57878b and #59578b. Thus found on the left and right of #576e8b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Smalt Blue and Waikawa Gray colors as they work well with Great Basin.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Great Basin palette consists of #878b57 and #8b5957 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8b7357). Try Clay Creek and Au Chico colors in combination with #576e8b, 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 #576e8b 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 Great Basin. Thus Highland and Au Chico giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Great Basin contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Domino, Strikemaster, and Spring Leaves split by 90° on the color wheel. #576e8b 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. Great Basin tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#8b7357) and two others. The Au Chico is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Como – 120° from the complementary Domino. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8b576e and #578b74.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #576e8b is made of 26% red, 33% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Great Basin has a hue angle of 213.46°, a saturation of 23.01% and a lightness of 44.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #576e8b is made of 20.39% cyan, 11.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.49% black ink.

HEX #576e8b
RGB Decimal rgb(87,110,139)
RGB Percentage 26%, 33%, 41%
CMYK 20.39, 11.37, 0, 45.49
HSL hsl(213.46,23.01%,44.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(213.46,37.41%,54.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.6919,-0.8117,-18.6348)
XYZ xyz(14.1666,15.0422,26.5829)
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