Oil Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta
| Inverse Color | #9a7377 |
| Complementary Color | #8c6469 |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (173.85° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 47.25% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Oil Blue Color. The Trade Secret color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Evening Emerald (#56736f) for more calm effect. Try William as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8c6469 is the best complementary color to Oil Blue. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #658c88 complementary color is Copper Rose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Juniper are #648c74 and #647c8c. Thus found on the left and right of #658c88 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Viridian Green and Slate Gray colors as they work well with Oil Blue.
The split-complementary Oil Blue palette consists of #8c7464 and #8c647c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8c6469). Try Cement and Strikemaster colors in combination with #658c88, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #658c88 offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Oil Blue. Thus Clay Creek and Trendy Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Oil Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Copper Rose, Rum, and Avocado split by 90° on the color wheel. #658c88 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Oil Blue tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#8c6469) and two others. The Trendy Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Highland – 120° from the complementary Copper Rose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #88648c and #698c64.
In a RGB color space, hex #658c88 is made of 27% red, 37% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Oil Blue has a hue angle of 173.85°, a saturation of 16.18% and a lightness of 47.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #658c88 is made of 15.29% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.57% yellow and 45.1% black ink.
| HEX | #658c88 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(101,140,136) |
| RGB Percentage | 27%, 37%, 36% |
| CMYK | 15.29, 0, 1.57, 45.1 |
| HSL | hsl(173.85,16.18%,47.25%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(173.85,27.86%,54.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.3805,-14.3555,-2.2365) |
| XYZ | xyz(19.1888,23.3004,26.7786) |