: Is there an equation to easily convert a color to its matching color in another hue? I am trying to design a site with a couple color schemes. I am looking for a way to make color schemes

@Hamm6457569

I'm wary of purely mathematical approaches to color harmony; numbers have no aesthetic sensibilities. That said, since the Hue wheel is divided into 360 degrees, one can build a complementary color scheme by adding 180 to the hue for any given color, a triadic by adding and subtracting 120, and so on.

The triadics below were done using simple arithmetic in the H field of the Photoshop color picker, adding 120 to the value each time. Pure RGB above (in reverse sequence, sorry!), and your starter color, #509cc0 in the row below.

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