Mountain Iris is calm, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red
| Inverse Color | #a3a978 |
| Complementary Color | #818756 |
| Color Shade: | mid blue (247.35° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 43.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Mountain Iris Color. The Thirsty Thursday color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Bureaucracy (#746c8f) for more calm effect. Try Purple Spire as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#818756 is the best complementary color to Mountain Iris. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5c5687 complementary color is Clay Creek, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Comet are #566887 and #745687. Thus found on the left and right of #5c5687 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Bayoux and Trendy Pink colors as they work well with Mountain Iris.
The split-complementary Mountain Iris palette consists of #688756 and #877456 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#818756). Try Highland and Shadow colors in combination with #5c5687, 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 #5c5687 offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mountain Iris. Thus Spring Leaves and Au Chico giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Mountain Iris contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Clay Creek, Au Chico, and Como split by 90° on the color wheel. #5c5687 square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Mountain Iris tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#818756) and two others. The Au Chico is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Smalt Blue – 120° from the complementary Clay Creek. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #875c56 and #568187.
In a RGB color space, hex #5c5687 is made of 29% red, 27% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Mountain Iris has a hue angle of 247.35°, a saturation of 22.17% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5c5687 is made of 16.86% cyan, 19.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.06% black ink.
| HEX | #5c5687 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(92,86,135) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 27%, 43% |
| CMYK | 16.86, 19.21, 0, 47.06 |
| HSL | hsl(247.35,22.17%,43.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(247.35,36.3%,52.94%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(39.0365,14.4025,-26.4981) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.1146,10.6802,24.3446) |