Faience is pale, 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 | #d59574 |
| Complementary Color | #8b4b29 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (200.41° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 35.49% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Faience Color. The Excellence color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Juggernaut (#255367) for more calm effect. Try Blueberry Twist as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#8b4b29 is the best complementary color to Faience. 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 #2a6a8b complementary color is Mule Fawn, 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 Calypso are #298b7b and #29398b. Thus found on the left and right of #2a6a8b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lochinvar and Bay of Many colors as they work well with Faience.
The split-complementary Faience palette consists of #8b7b29 and #8b2939 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8b4b29). Try Wasabi and Stiletto colors in combination with #2a6a8b, 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 #2a6a8b 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 Faience. Thus Wasabi and Plum giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Faience contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mule Fawn, Eminence, and Forest Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #2a6a8b 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. Faience tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#8b4b29) and two others. The Plum is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sea Green – 120° from the complementary Mule Fawn. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8b2969 and #298b4b.
In a RGB color space, hex #2a6a8b is made of 15% red, 37% green and 48% blue. In a HSL mode Faience has a hue angle of 200.41°, a saturation of 53.59% and a lightness of 35.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2a6a8b is made of 38.04% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.49% black ink.
| HEX | #2a6a8b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(42,106,139) |
| RGB Percentage | 15%, 37%, 48% |
| CMYK | 38.04, 12.94, 0, 45.49 |
| HSL | hsl(200.41,53.59%,35.49%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(200.41,69.78%,54.51%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(42.2531,-9.1461,-24.1234) |
| XYZ | xyz(10.7691,12.6644,26.303) |