Stunning Sapphire 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 | #e7a778 |
| Complementary Color | #874718 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (205.41° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 31.18% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Stunning Sapphire Color. The Beautiful 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 soft alternative called Sea Goddess (#216987) for more calm effect. Try Neptune's Wrath as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#874718 is the best complementary color to Stunning Sapphire. 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 #185887 complementary color is Russet, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blumine are #18877e and #182087. Thus found on the left and right of #185887 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Elm and Deep Koamaru colors as they work well with Stunning Sapphire.
The split-complementary Stunning Sapphire palette consists of #877e18 and #871820 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#874718). Try Trendy Green and Merlot colors in combination with #185887, 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 #185887 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 Stunning Sapphire. Thus Vida Loca and Disco giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Stunning Sapphire contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Russet, Seance, and La Palma split by 90° on the color wheel. #185887 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Stunning Sapphire tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#874718) and two others. The Disco is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Jewel – 120° from the complementary Russet. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #871857 and #188747.
In a RGB color space, hex #185887 is made of 10% red, 36% green and 55% blue. In a HSL mode Stunning Sapphire has a hue angle of 205.41°, a saturation of 69.81% and a lightness of 31.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #185887 is made of 43.53% cyan, 18.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.06% black ink.
| HEX | #185887 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(24,88,135) |
| RGB Percentage | 10%, 36%, 55% |
| CMYK | 43.53, 18.43, 0, 47.06 |
| HSL | hsl(205.41,69.81%,31.18%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(205.41,82.22%,52.94%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(35.8354,-2.14,-31.7924) |
| XYZ | xyz(8.2396,8.9229,24.2097) |