Safe Harbour 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 | #e1715e |
| Complementary Color | #a1311e |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (188.7° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 37.45% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Safe Harbour Color. The Blue Kelp color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Kentucky Bluegrass (#22aabb) for more energetic effect. Try Explore Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#a1311e is the best complementary color to Safe Harbour. 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 #1e8ea1 complementary color is Cognac, 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 Eastern Blue are #1ea172 and #1e4ca1. Thus found on the left and right of #1e8ea1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mountain Meadow and Fun Blue colors as they work well with Safe Harbour.
The split-complementary Safe Harbour palette consists of #a1721e and #a11e4c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a1311e). Try Reef Gold and Disco colors in combination with #1e8ea1, 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 #1e8ea1 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 Safe Harbour. Thus Citron and Violet Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Safe Harbour contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cognac, Seance, and Vida Loca split by 90° on the color wheel. #1e8ea1 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. Safe Harbour tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#a1311e) and two others. The Violet Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Forest Green – 120° from the complementary Cognac. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a11e8d and #1ea131.
In a RGB color space, hex #1e8ea1 is made of 9% red, 43% green and 48% blue. In a HSL mode Safe Harbour has a hue angle of 188.7°, a saturation of 68.59% and a lightness of 37.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #1e8ea1 is made of 51.38% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 36.86% black ink.
| HEX | #1e8ea1 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(30,142,161) |
| RGB Percentage | 9%, 43%, 48% |
| CMYK | 51.38, 7.45, 0, 36.86 |
| HSL | hsl(188.7,68.59%,37.45%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(188.7,81.37%,63.14%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.2335,-23.0125,-18.6302) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.6414,22.1952,37.1252) |