Revival Color

#5f81a4

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

Inverse Color #a07e5b
Complementary Color #a3815f
Color Shade: blue cyan (210.43° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50.78% (better contrasting with white)
Revival Color Sample
Revival Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5f81a4

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Revival Color. The Cape Cod Bay color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Polished Metal (#819ab1) for more calm effect. Try Moonlight Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a3815f is the best complementary color to Revival. Warm red shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5f81a4 complementary color is Barley Corn, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, blue cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Horizon are #5fa3a3 and #5f5fa3. Thus found on the left and right of #5f81a4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Breaker Bay and Scampi colors as they work well with Revival.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Revival palette consists of #a3a35f and #a35f5f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a3815f). Try Green Smoke and Au Chico colors in combination with #5f81a4, 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 #5f81a4 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 Revival. Thus Asparagus and Tapestry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Revival contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Barley Corn, Strikemaster, and Aqua Forest split by 90° on the color wheel. #5f81a4 square combo is a palette of blue 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. Revival tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#a3815f) and two others. The Tapestry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aqua Forest – 120° from the complementary Barley Corn. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a35f81 and #5fa382.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5f81a4 is made of 24% red, 33% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Revival has a hue angle of 210.43°, a saturation of 27.49% and a lightness of 50.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5f81a4 is made of 27.06% cyan, 13.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 35.69% black ink.

HEX #5f81a4
RGB Decimal rgb(95,129,164)
RGB Percentage 24%, 33%, 42%
CMYK 27.06, 13.72, 0, 35.69
HSL hsl(210.43,27.49%,50.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(210.43,42.07%,64.31%)
CIE-LAB lab(52.745,-2.5809,-22.4382)
XYZ xyz(19.2704,20.8137,38.1238)
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