Blue Mercury is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta
| Inverse Color | #985953 |
| Complementary Color | #ac6d67 |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (185.22° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 53.92% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Mercury Color. The Aqua Sky color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Secret Cove (#68909d) for more calm effect. Try Sail Cover as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ac6d67 is the best complementary color to Blue Mercury. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #67a6ac complementary color is Coral Tree, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Breaker Bay are #67ac8f and #6783ac. Thus found on the left and right of #67a6ac on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silver Tree and Bermuda Gray colors as they work well with Blue Mercury.
The split-complementary Blue Mercury palette consists of #ac8f67 and #ac6783 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ac6d67). Try Sandal and Tapestry colors in combination with #67a6ac, 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 #67a6ac offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blue Mercury. Thus Green Smoke and Bouquet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Mercury contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Coral Tree, Wisteria, and Chelsea Cucumber split by 90° on the color wheel. #67a6ac square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Blue Mercury tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#ac6d67) and two others. The Bouquet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aqua Forest – 120° from the complementary Coral Tree. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ac67a5 and #67ac6d.
In a RGB color space, hex #67a6ac is made of 23% red, 38% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Mercury has a hue angle of 185.22°, a saturation of 29.36% and a lightness of 53.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #67a6ac is made of 27.06% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.55% black ink.
| HEX | #67a6ac |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(103,166,172) |
| RGB Percentage | 23%, 38%, 39% |
| CMYK | 27.06, 2.35, 0, 32.55 |
| HSL | hsl(185.22,29.36%,53.92%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(185.22,40.12%,67.45%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.2697,-18.6257,-9.4891) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.6761,33.1346,44.0194) |