Colony Blue Color

#65769a

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

Inverse Color #9a8965
Complementary Color #9a8965
Color Shade: blue cyan (220.75° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Colony Blue Color Sample
Colony Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #65769a

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Colony Blue Color. The Blue Zephyr color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Presumption (#5e6277) for more calm effect. Try Cabaret Charm as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9a8965 is the best complementary color to Colony Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #65769a complementary color is Clay Creek, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Lynch are #65909a and #6e659a. Thus found on the left and right of #65769a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gothic and Kimberly colors as they work well with Colony Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Colony Blue palette consists of #909a65 and #9a6e65 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9a8965). Try Avocado and Toast colors in combination with #65769a, 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 #65769a offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Colony Blue. Thus Highland and Copper Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Colony Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Clay Creek, Strikemaster, and Viridian Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #65769a square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid 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. Colony Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#9a8965) and two others. The Copper Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Patina – 120° from the complementary Clay Creek. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9a6575 and #659a89.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #65769a is made of 27% red, 32% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Colony Blue has a hue angle of 220.75°, a saturation of 20.78% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #65769a is made of 20.78% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.61% black ink.

HEX #65769a
RGB Decimal rgb(101,118,154)
RGB Percentage 27%, 32%, 41%
CMYK 20.78, 14.12, 0, 39.61
HSL hsl(220.75,20.78%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(220.75,34.42%,60.39%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.5648,2.8026,-21.4701)
XYZ xyz(17.678,18.0567,33.1254)
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