Blue Iris is soft, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or mid red
| Inverse Color | #a5a460 |
| Complementary Color | #9f9e5a |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (239.13° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 48.82% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Iris Color. The Thirsty Thursday color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Hyacinth Mauve (#6f729f) for more calm effect. Try Purple Spire as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#9f9e5a is the best complementary color to Blue Iris. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5a5b9f complementary color is Barley Corn, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Scampi are #5a7d9f and #7b5a9f. Thus found on the left and right of #5a5b9f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Horizon and Deluge colors as they work well with Blue Iris.
The split-complementary Blue Iris palette consists of #7d9f5a and #9f7b5a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9f9e5a). Try Asparagus and Leather colors in combination with #5a5b9f, 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 #5a5b9f offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blue Iris. Thus Fruit Salad and Au Chico giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Iris contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Barley Corn, Tapestry, and Aqua Forest split by 90° on the color wheel. #5a5b9f square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Blue Iris tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#9f9e5a) and two others. The Au Chico is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Breaker Bay – 120° from the complementary Barley Corn. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9f5a5a and #5a9f9e.
In a RGB color space, hex #5a5b9f is made of 26% red, 27% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Iris has a hue angle of 239.13°, a saturation of 27.71% and a lightness of 48.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5a5b9f is made of 27.06% cyan, 26.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 37.65% black ink.
| HEX | #5a5b9f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(90,91,159) |
| RGB Percentage | 26%, 27%, 47% |
| CMYK | 27.06, 26.66, 0, 37.65 |
| HSL | hsl(239.13,27.71%,48.82%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(239.13,43.4%,62.35%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(41.4678,17.7007,-37.1322) |
| XYZ | xyz(14.2155,12.159,34.3986) |