Scholarship Color

#586a7d

Scholarship 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 #a79582
Complementary Color #7d6a57
Color Shade: blue cyan (210.81° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 41.76% (better contrasting with white)
Scholarship Color Sample
Scholarship Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #586a7d

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Scholarship Color. The Oyster Bay color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Country Sky (#49545a) for more calm effect. Try Mica Creek as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7d6a57 is the best complementary color to Scholarship. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #586a7d complementary color is Coffee, 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 #577c7d and #58577d. Thus found on the left and right of #586a7d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cutty Sark and Comet colors as they work well with Scholarship.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Scholarship palette consists of #7c7d57 and #7d5857 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7d6a57). Try Go Ben and Russett colors in combination with #586a7d, 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 #586a7d offers a combination of cool yellow and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Scholarship. Thus Willow Grove and Falcon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Scholarship contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Coffee, Old Lavender, and Glade Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #586a7d 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. Scholarship tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#7d6a57) and two others. The Falcon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Como – 120° from the complementary Coffee. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7d5769 and #577d6a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #586a7d is made of 28% red, 33% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Scholarship has a hue angle of 210.81°, a saturation of 17.37% and a lightness of 41.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #586a7d is made of 14.51% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.98% black ink.

HEX #586a7d
RGB Decimal rgb(88,106,125)
RGB Percentage 28%, 33%, 39%
CMYK 14.51, 7.45, 0, 50.98
HSL hsl(210.81,17.37%,41.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(210.81,29.6%,49.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.0365,-1.9563,-12.7698)
XYZ xyz(12.8802,13.8634,21.3991)
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