Blue Cruise Color

#6591a8

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

Inverse Color #9a6e57
Complementary Color #a87c64
Color Shade: cool cyan (200.6° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 52.75% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Cruise Color Sample
Blue Cruise Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6591a8

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Cruise Color. The Parisian Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Ocean Shadow (#5b7886) for more calm effect. Try Melancholic Sea as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a87c64 is the best complementary color to Blue Cruise. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6591a8 complementary color is Sandal, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Bermuda Gray are #64a89d and #646fa8. Thus found on the left and right of #6591a8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Breaker Bay and Scampi colors as they work well with Blue Cruise.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Cruise palette consists of #a89d64 and #a8646f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a87c64). Try Barley Corn and Coral Tree colors in combination with #6591a8, 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 #6591a8 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 Blue Cruise. Thus Chelsea Cucumber and Tapestry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Cruise contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sandal, Wisteria, and Asparagus split by 90° on the color wheel. #6591a8 square combo is a palette of cool 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. Blue Cruise tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#a87c64) and two others. The Tapestry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aqua Forest – 120° from the complementary Sandal. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a86490 and #64a87c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6591a8 is made of 24% red, 35% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Cruise has a hue angle of 200.6°, a saturation of 27.8% and a lightness of 52.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6591a8 is made of 26.27% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.12% black ink.

HEX #6591a8
RGB Decimal rgb(101,145,168)
RGB Percentage 24%, 35%, 41%
CMYK 26.27, 9.02, 0, 34.12
HSL hsl(200.6,27.8%,52.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(200.6,39.88%,65.88%)
CIE-LAB lab(57.8893,-8.9098,-16.8463)
XYZ xyz(22.5601,25.8447,40.8453)
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