Deepest Water Color

#466174

Deepest Water 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 #b99e8b
Complementary Color #745846
Color Shade: cool cyan (204.78° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 36.47% (better contrasting with white)
Deepest Water Color Sample
Deepest Water Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #466174

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Deepest Water Color. The Majestic Mountain color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Starless Night (#3e4855) for more calm effect. Try Cape Storm as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#745846 is the best complementary color to Deepest Water. 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 #466174 complementary color is Tobacco Brown, 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 Blue Bayoux are #467470 and #464974. Thus found on the left and right of #466174 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Faded Jade and East Bay colors as they work well with Deepest Water.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Deepest Water palette consists of #747046 and #74464a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#745846). Try Go Ben and Ferra colors in combination with #466174, 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 #466174 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 Deepest Water. Thus Dingley and Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Deepest Water contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tobacco Brown, Affair, and Fern Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #466174 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. Deepest Water tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#745846) and two others. The Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Como – 120° from the complementary Tobacco Brown. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #744661 and #467459.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #466174 is made of 25% red, 34% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Deepest Water has a hue angle of 204.78°, a saturation of 24.73% and a lightness of 36.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #466174 is made of 18.04% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 54.51% black ink.

HEX #466174
RGB Decimal rgb(70,97,116)
RGB Percentage 25%, 34%, 41%
CMYK 18.04, 7.45, 0, 54.51
HSL hsl(204.78,24.73%,36.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(204.78,39.66%,45.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.7692,-4.7132,-13.9027)
XYZ xyz(9.9529,11.1124,18.1433)
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