Sea of Crete Color

#0693d5

Sea of Crete is calm, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #f96c2a
Complementary Color #d44706
Color Shade: cool cyan (199.13° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 42.94% (better contrasting with white)
Sea of Crete Color Sample
Sea of Crete Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0693d5

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sea of Crete Color. The Advertising Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Bird Of Paradise (#0083a8) for more energetic effect. Try Deep River as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#d44706 is the best complementary color to Sea of Crete. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #0693d5 complementary color is Grenadier, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Cerulean are #06d4af and #062bd4. Thus found on the left and right of #0693d5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Caribbean Green and Dark Blue colors as they work well with Sea of Crete.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sea of Crete palette consists of #d4af06 and #d4062b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d44706). Try Galliano and Monza colors in combination with #0693d5, 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 #0693d5 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sea of Crete. Thus Pistachio and Hollywood Cerise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sea of Crete contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Grenadier, Electric Violet, and Harlequin split by 90° on the color wheel. #0693d5 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Sea of Crete tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#d44706) and two others. The Hollywood Cerise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Malachite – 120° from the complementary Grenadier. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d40692 and #06d448.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0693d5 is made of 2% red, 40% green and 58% blue. In a HSL mode Sea of Crete has a hue angle of 199.13°, a saturation of 94.52% and a lightness of 42.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0693d5 is made of 81.18% cyan, 25.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black ink.

HEX #0693d5
RGB Decimal rgb(6,147,213)
RGB Percentage 2%, 40%, 58%
CMYK 81.18, 25.88, 0, 16.47
HSL hsl(199.13,94.52%,42.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(199.13,97.18%,83.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(57.761,-8.5446,-42.7061)
XYZ xyz(22.5191,25.7103,66.7265)
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