Shimmering Sea 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 | #d4ad95 |
| Complementary Color | #6a432b |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (202.86° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 29.22% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Shimmering Sea Color. The Loon Turquoise 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 Teeny Bikini (#326395) for more energetic effect. Try Bering Wave as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6a432b is the best complementary color to Shimmering Sea. 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 #2b526a complementary color is Spice, 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 San Juan are #2b6a62 and #2b326a. Thus found on the left and right of #2b526a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Casal and Jacarta colors as they work well with Shimmering Sea.
The split-complementary Shimmering Sea palette consists of #6a622b and #6a2b32 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6a432b). Try Costa Del Sol and Buccaneer colors in combination with #2b526a, 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 #2b526a 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 Shimmering Sea. Thus Woodland and Finn giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Shimmering Sea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spice, Bossanova, and Killarney split by 90° on the color wheel. #2b526a 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. Shimmering Sea tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#6a432b) and two others. The Finn is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amazon – 120° from the complementary Spice. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6a2b51 and #2b6a43.
In a RGB color space, hex #2b526a is made of 19% red, 35% green and 46% blue. In a HSL mode Shimmering Sea has a hue angle of 202.86°, a saturation of 42.28% and a lightness of 29.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2b526a is made of 24.71% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 58.43% black ink.
| HEX | #2b526a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(43,82,106) |
| RGB Percentage | 19%, 35%, 46% |
| CMYK | 24.71, 9.41, 0, 58.43 |
| HSL | hsl(202.86,42.28%,29.22%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(202.86,59.43%,41.57%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(33.1114,-6.018,-18.046) |
| XYZ | xyz(6.6151,7.5888,14.7518) |