Blue Vacation Color

#1e7eae

Blue Vacation 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 #e18151
Complementary Color #ae4e1e
Color Shade: cool cyan (200° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 40% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Vacation Color Sample
Blue Vacation Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #1e7eae

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Vacation Color. The Astrolabe Reef color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Curious Blue (#2596d1) for more calm effect. Try Sea Goddess as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ae4e1e is the best complementary color to Blue Vacation. 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 #1e7eae complementary color is Desert, 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 Eastern Blue are #1eae96 and #1e36ae. Thus found on the left and right of #1e7eae on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mountain Meadow and Persian Blue colors as they work well with Blue Vacation.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Vacation palette consists of #ae961e and #ae1e36 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ae4e1e). Try Lucky and Cardinal colors in combination with #1e7eae, 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 #1e7eae 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 Blue Vacation. Thus Lima and Red Violet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Vacation contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Desert, Seance, and La Palma split by 90° on the color wheel. #1e7eae 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. Blue Vacation tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ae4e1e) and two others. The Red Violet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mountain Meadow – 120° from the complementary Desert. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ae1e7d and #1eae4e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #1e7eae is made of 9% red, 38% green and 53% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Vacation has a hue angle of 200°, a saturation of 70.59% and a lightness of 40%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #1e7eae is made of 56.48% cyan, 18.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black ink.

HEX #1e7eae
RGB Decimal rgb(30,126,174)
RGB Percentage 9%, 38%, 53%
CMYK 56.48, 18.83, 0, 31.76
HSL hsl(200,70.59%,40%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(200,82.76%,68.24%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.8024,-9.662,-32.99)
XYZ xyz(15.6363,18.2537,42.7436)
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