Quiet Harbour Color

#5a789a

Quiet Harbour 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 #a58765
Complementary Color #997b5a
Color Shade: blue cyan (211.88° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 47.84% (better contrasting with white)
Quiet Harbour Color Sample
Quiet Harbour Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5a789a

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Quiet Harbour Color. The Plum Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Last Light Blue (#475f94) for more energetic effect. Try Award Night as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#997b5a is the best complementary color to Quiet Harbour. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5a789a complementary color is Leather, 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 #5a9799 and #5b5a99. Thus found on the left and right of #5a789a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Breaker Bay and Scampi colors as they work well with Quiet Harbour.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Quiet Harbour palette consists of #97995a and #995c5a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#997b5a). Try Barley Corn and Au Chico colors in combination with #5a789a, 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 #5a789a 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 Quiet Harbour. Thus Asparagus and Strikemaster giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Quiet Harbour contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Leather, Strikemaster, and Fruit Salad split by 90° on the color wheel. #5a789a 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. Quiet Harbour tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#997b5a) and two others. The Strikemaster is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aqua Forest – 120° from the complementary Leather. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #995a77 and #5a997c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5a789a is made of 25% red, 33% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Quiet Harbour has a hue angle of 211.88°, a saturation of 26.23% and a lightness of 47.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5a789a is made of 25.1% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.61% black ink.

HEX #5a789a
RGB Decimal rgb(90,120,154)
RGB Percentage 25%, 33%, 42%
CMYK 25.1, 13.33, 0, 39.61
HSL hsl(211.88,26.23%,47.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(211.88,41.56%,60.39%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.4229,-1.5827,-21.7493)
XYZ xyz(16.7657,17.9397,33.1509)
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