Rock Blue Color

#93a2ba

Rock 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 #6c5d45
Complementary Color #baaa92
Color Shade: blue cyan (216.92° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 65.29% (better contrasting with white)
Rock Blue Color Sample
Rock Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #93a2ba

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Rock Blue Color. The Heavenly Sky color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Ship Cove (#788bba) for more energetic effect. Try Stainless Steel as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#baaa92 is the best complementary color to Rock 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 #93a2ba complementary color is Heathered Gray, 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 Bali Hai are #92b5ba and #9792ba. Thus found on the left and right of #93a2ba on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shadow Green and Amethyst Smoke colors as they work well with Rock Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rock Blue palette consists of #b5ba92 and #ba9792 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#baaa92). Try Swamp Green and Quicksand colors in combination with #93a2ba, 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 #93a2ba 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 Rock Blue. Thus Swamp Green and Bouquet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rock Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Heathered Gray, Lilac, and Summer Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #93a2ba 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. Rock Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#baaa92) and two others. The Bouquet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Summer Green – 120° from the complementary Heathered Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ba92a1 and #92baaa.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #93a2ba is made of 30% red, 33% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Rock Blue has a hue angle of 216.92°, a saturation of 22.03% and a lightness of 65.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #93a2ba is made of 15.29% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black ink.

HEX #93a2ba
RGB Decimal rgb(147,162,186)
RGB Percentage 30%, 33%, 38%
CMYK 15.29, 9.41, 0, 27.06
HSL hsl(216.92,22.03%,65.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(216.92,20.97%,72.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(66.2046,-0.0359,-14.1378)
XYZ xyz(33.8159,35.5889,51.5414)
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