Glide Time Color

#5d6f80

Glide Time is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #a2907f
Complementary Color #806e5c
Color Shade: cool cyan (209.14° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 43.33% (better contrasting with white)
Glide Time Color Sample
Glide Time Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5d6f80

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Glide Time Color. The South Pacific color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Hidden Sapphire (#445771) for more energetic effect. Try Dark Sea as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#806e5c is the best complementary color to Glide Time. Orange shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5d6f80 complementary color is Sand Dune, 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 #5c807f and #5c5d80. Thus found on the left and right of #5d6f80 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cutty Sark and Comet colors as they work well with Glide Time.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Glide Time palette consists of #807f5c and #805c5d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#806e5c). Try Clay Creek and Russett colors in combination with #5d6f80, 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 #5d6f80 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 Glide Time. Thus Limed Ash and Falcon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Glide Time contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sand Dune, Trendy Pink, and Glade Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #5d6f80 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, orange 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. Glide Time tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#806e5c) and two others. The Falcon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Viridian Green – 120° from the complementary Sand Dune. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #805c6e and #5c806e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5d6f80 is made of 28% red, 33% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Glide Time has a hue angle of 209.14°, a saturation of 15.84% and a lightness of 43.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5d6f80 is made of 13.73% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 49.8% black ink.

HEX #5d6f80
RGB Decimal rgb(93,111,128)
RGB Percentage 28%, 33%, 39%
CMYK 13.73, 6.67, 0, 49.8
HSL hsl(209.14,15.84%,43.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(209.14,27.34%,50.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.9809,-2.5052,-11.5943)
XYZ xyz(14.0949,15.2545,22.6236)
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