Caneel Bay is calm, 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 | #ff7b60 |
Complementary Color | #9f1b00 |
Color Shade: | mid cyan (190.19° hue) |
Color Temperature: | cool |
Lightness: | 31.18% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Caneel Bay Color. The Carnival Night color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Pilot Blue (#006981) for more calm effect. Try Splashy as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#9f1b00 is the best complementary color to Caneel Bay. 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 #00849f complementary color is Totem Pole, 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 Deep Cerulean are #009f6a and #00349f. Thus found on the left and right of #00849f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Haze and Smalt colors as they work well with Caneel Bay.
The split-complementary Caneel Bay palette consists of #9f6a00 and #9f0034 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9f1b00). Try Chelsea Gem and Burgundy colors in combination with #00849f, 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 #00849f 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 Caneel Bay. Thus Limeade and Flirt giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Caneel Bay contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Totem Pole, Purple, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #00849f 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. Caneel Bay tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#9f1b00) and two others. The Flirt is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fun Green – 120° from the complementary Totem Pole. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9f0083 and #009f1b.
In a RGB color space, hex #00849f is made of 0% red, 45% green and 55% blue. In a HSL mode Caneel Bay has a hue angle of 190.19°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 31.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00849f is made of 62.35% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 37.65% black ink.
HEX | #00849f |
RGB Decimal | rgb(0,132,159) |
RGB Percentage | 0%, 45%, 55% |
CMYK | 62.35, 10.59, 0, 37.65 |
HSL | hsl(190.19,100%,31.18%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(190.19,100%,62.35%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(50.6939,-20.2516,-22.9276) |
XYZ | xyz(14.5093,19.0057,35.7046) |