Lost River Color

#08457e

Lost River is soft, 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 #f7ba81
Complementary Color #7e4108
Color Shade: cool cyan (208.98° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 26.27% (better contrasting with white)
Lost River Color Sample
Lost River Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #08457e

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Lost River Color. The Buccaneer Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Bottled Sea (#095baf) for more energetic effect. Try Daphne as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7e4108 is the best complementary color to Lost River. 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 #08457e complementary color is Antique Bronze, 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 Venice Blue are #087e7c and #08097e. Thus found on the left and right of #08457e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Elf Green and Ultramarine colors as they work well with Lost River.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lost River palette consists of #7e7c08 and #7e0809 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7e4108). Try Yukon Gold and Dark Burgundy colors in combination with #08457e, 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 #08457e 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 Lost River. Thus Green Leaf and Rose Bud Cherry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lost River contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Antique Bronze, Purple, and Japanese Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #08457e 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. Lost River tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#7e4108) and two others. The Rose Bud Cherry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Salem – 120° from the complementary Antique Bronze. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7e0844 and #087e41.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #08457e is made of 4% red, 34% green and 62% blue. In a HSL mode Lost River has a hue angle of 208.98°, a saturation of 88.06% and a lightness of 26.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #08457e is made of 46.27% cyan, 22.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.59% black ink.

HEX #08457e
RGB Decimal rgb(8,69,126)
RGB Percentage 4%, 34%, 62%
CMYK 46.27, 22.35, 0, 50.59
HSL hsl(208.98,88.06%,26.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(208.98,93.65%,49.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.9389,5.3195,-37.2321)
XYZ xyz(5.9942,5.8142,20.545)
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