Strong Iris Color

#5e5f7e

Strong Iris is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or cool red

Inverse Color #a1a081
Complementary Color #7e7d5e
Color Shade: cool blue (238.13° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 43.14% (better contrasting with white)
Strong Iris Color Sample
Strong Iris Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5e5f7e

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Strong Iris Color. The Storm Grey color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Warpfiend Grey (#6b6a74) for more calm effect. Try Palace Arms as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#7e7d5e is the best complementary color to Strong Iris. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5e5f7e complementary color is Flax Smoke, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Comet are #5e6f7e and #6d5e7e. Thus found on the left and right of #5e5f7e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shuttle Gray and Dolphin colors as they work well with Strong Iris.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Strong Iris palette consists of #6f7e5e and #7e6d5e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7e7d5e). Try Limed Ash and Sand Dune colors in combination with #5e5f7e, 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 #5e5f7e offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Strong Iris. Thus Glade Green and Russett giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Strong Iris contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Flax Smoke, Falcon, and Viridian Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #5e5f7e square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool 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. Strong Iris tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#7e7d5e) and two others. The Russett is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cutty Sark – 120° from the complementary Flax Smoke. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7e5e5f and #5e7e7d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5e5f7e is made of 30% red, 30% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Strong Iris has a hue angle of 238.13°, a saturation of 14.55% and a lightness of 43.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5e5f7e is made of 12.55% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.59% black ink.

HEX #5e5f7e
RGB Decimal rgb(94,95,126)
RGB Percentage 30%, 30%, 40%
CMYK 12.55, 12.16, 0, 50.59
HSL hsl(238.13,14.55%,43.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(238.13,25.4%,49.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.3279,6.9912,-17.4614)
XYZ xyz(12.4742,12.0705,21.411)
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