Blue Metal 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 | #a59c8f |
| Complementary Color | #70675a |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (215.45° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 39.61% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Metal Color. The Dark Navy color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Liquid Mercury (#757a80) for more calm effect. Try Sapphire Stone as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#70675a is the best complementary color to Blue Metal. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5a6370 complementary color is Coffee, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #5a6e70 and #5c5a70. Thus found on the left and right of #5a6370 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Nevada and Smoky colors as they work well with Blue Metal.
The split-complementary Blue Metal palette consists of #6e705a and #705c5a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#70675a). Try Kokoda and Dorado colors in combination with #5a6370, 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 #5a6370 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 Metal. Thus Willow Grove and Zambezi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Metal contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Coffee, Old Lavender, and Finlandia split by 90° on the color wheel. #5a6370 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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 Metal tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#70675a) and two others. The Zambezi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Corduroy – 120° from the complementary Coffee. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #705a62 and #5a7067.
In a RGB color space, hex #5a6370 is made of 30% red, 33% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Metal has a hue angle of 215.45°, a saturation of 10.89% and a lightness of 39.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5a6370 is made of 8.63% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.08% black ink.
| HEX | #5a6370 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(90,99,112) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 33%, 37% |
| CMYK | 8.63, 5.1, 0, 56.08 |
| HSL | hsl(215.45,10.89%,39.61%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(215.45,19.64%,43.92%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(41.6377,-0.4032,-8.4993) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.6029,12.2672,17.0855) |