Blue Jeans Color

#5dadec

Blue Jeans is calm, 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 #a25213
Complementary Color #ec9b5c
Color Shade: cool cyan (206.43° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 64.51% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Jeans Color Sample
Blue Jeans Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5dadec

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Jeans Color. The Nevermind Nirvana 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 Clean Pool (#4ec0ed) for more energetic effect. Try Fish Pond as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ec9b5c is the best complementary color to Blue Jeans. 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 #5dadec complementary color is Porsche, 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 Cornflower Blue are #5cece3 and #5c65ec. Thus found on the left and right of #5dadec on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Turquoise Blue and Royal Blue colors as they work well with Blue Jeans.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Jeans palette consists of #ece35c and #ec5c65 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ec9b5c). Try Confetti and Mandy colors in combination with #5dadec, 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 #5dadec 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 Jeans. Thus Sulu and Brilliant Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Jeans contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Porsche, Heliotrope, and Pastel Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #5dadec 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 Jeans tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ec9b5c) and two others. The Brilliant Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pastel Green – 120° from the complementary Porsche. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ec5cad and #5cec9c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5dadec is made of 19% red, 34% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Jeans has a hue angle of 206.43°, a saturation of 79.01% and a lightness of 64.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5dadec is made of 56.08% cyan, 24.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black ink.

HEX #5dadec
RGB Decimal rgb(93,173,236)
RGB Percentage 19%, 34%, 47%
CMYK 56.08, 24.71, 0, 7.45
HSL hsl(206.43,79.01%,64.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(206.43,60.59%,92.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.2195,-6.0096,-38.8912)
XYZ xyz(34.5981,38.2704,84.9203)
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