Blue Mood 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 | #857f72 |
| Complementary Color | #8d8779 |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (221.05° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 51.57% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Mood Color. The Perfect Storm color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Dark Ages (#9698a3) for more calm effect. Try Clooney as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#8d8779 is the best complementary color to Blue Mood. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7a808d complementary color is Granite Green, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Raven are #79898d and #7d798d. Thus found on the left and right of #7a808d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rolling Stone and Topaz colors as they work well with Blue Mood.
The split-complementary Blue Mood palette consists of #898d79 and #8d7d79 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8d8779). Try Bitter and Hemp colors in combination with #7a808d, 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 #7a808d 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 Blue Mood. Thus Battleship Gray and Empress giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Mood contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Granite Green, Venus, and Xanadu split by 90° on the color wheel. #7a808d square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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 Mood tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#8d8779) and two others. The Empress is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blue Smoke – 120° from the complementary Granite Green. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8d7980 and #798d87.
In a RGB color space, hex #7a808d is made of 31% red, 33% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Mood has a hue angle of 221.05°, a saturation of 7.69% and a lightness of 51.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7a808d is made of 7.45% cyan, 5.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.71% black ink.
| HEX | #7a808d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(122,128,141) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 33%, 36% |
| CMYK | 7.45, 5.09, 0, 44.71 |
| HSL | hsl(221.05,7.69%,51.57%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(221.05,13.48%,55.29%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.4914,0.5792,-7.7715) |
| XYZ | xyz(20.5529,21.499,28.2658) |