Blue Mirage Color

#5c6d7c

Blue Mirage is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #a39283
Complementary Color #7c6b5c
Color Shade: cool cyan (208.13° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 42.35% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Mirage Color Sample
Blue Mirage Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5c6d7c

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Mirage Color. The Evening Cityscape color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Adirondack Blue (#74858f) for more calm effect. Try Turbulence as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7c6b5c is the best complementary color to Blue Mirage. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5c6d7c complementary color is Sandstone, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Shuttle Gray are #5c7c7b and #5c5c7c. Thus found on the left and right of #5c6d7c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cutty Sark and Comet colors as they work well with Blue Mirage.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Mirage palette consists of #7c7b5c and #7c5c5d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7c6b5c). Try Flax Smoke and Russett colors in combination with #5c6d7c, 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 #5c6d7c offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blue Mirage. Thus Limed Ash and Falcon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Mirage contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sandstone, Rum, and Glade Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #5c6d7c square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Blue Mirage tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#7c6b5c) and two others. The Falcon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spring Leaves – 120° from the complementary Sandstone. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7c5c6d and #5c7c6b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5c6d7c is made of 28% red, 34% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Mirage has a hue angle of 208.13°, a saturation of 14.81% and a lightness of 42.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5c6d7c is made of 12.55% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 51.37% black ink.

HEX #5c6d7c
RGB Decimal rgb(92,109,124)
RGB Percentage 28%, 34%, 38%
CMYK 12.55, 5.88, 0, 51.37
HSL hsl(208.13,14.81%,42.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(208.13,25.81%,48.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.1758,-2.6812,-10.4205)
XYZ xyz(13.5204,14.6678,21.1874)
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