Spaceman Color

#5f6882

Spaceman is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or cool red

Inverse Color #a0977d
Complementary Color #82785f
Color Shade: blue cyan (224.57° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 44.12% (better contrasting with white)
Spaceman Color Sample
Spaceman Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5f6882

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Spaceman Color. The Country Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Your Shadow (#787e93) for more calm effect. Try Night Thistle as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#82785f is the best complementary color to Spaceman. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5f6882 complementary color is Clay Creek, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Comet are #5f7982 and #675f82. Thus found on the left and right of #5f6882 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Nevada and Dolphin colors as they work well with Spaceman.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spaceman palette consists of #79825f and #82675f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#82785f). Try Flax Smoke and Sand Dune colors in combination with #5f6882, 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 #5f6882 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 Spaceman. Thus Glade Green and Falcon giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spaceman contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Clay Creek, Falcon, and Glade Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #5f6882 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, warm magenta, orange and mid 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. Spaceman tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#82785f) and two others. The Falcon is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Viridian Green – 120° from the complementary Clay Creek. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #825f67 and #5f8279.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5f6882 is made of 29% red, 32% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Spaceman has a hue angle of 224.57°, a saturation of 15.56% and a lightness of 44.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5f6882 is made of 13.73% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 49.02% black ink.

HEX #5f6882
RGB Decimal rgb(95,104,130)
RGB Percentage 29%, 32%, 40%
CMYK 13.73, 10.2, 0, 49.02
HSL hsl(224.57,15.56%,44.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(224.57,26.92%,50.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.1543,2.8658,-15.55)
XYZ xyz(13.6989,13.9452,23.0888)
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