Bering Sea is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta
| Inverse Color | #b4a491 |
| Complementary Color | #6e5e4b |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (212.57° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 36.27% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Bering Sea Color. The Blackbird color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Passionate Blueberry (#334159) for more energetic effect. Try UCLA Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#6e5e4b is the best complementary color to Bering Sea. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4b5b6e complementary color is Tobacco Brown, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Fiord are #4b6c6e and #4c4b6e. Thus found on the left and right of #4b5b6e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cutty Sark and Mulled Wine colors as they work well with Bering Sea.
The split-complementary Bering Sea palette consists of #6c6e4b and #6e4c4b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e5e4b). Try Go Ben and Ferra colors in combination with #4b5b6e, 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 #4b5b6e offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Bering Sea. Thus Dingley and Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Bering Sea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tobacco Brown, Eggplant, and Axolotl split by 90° on the color wheel. #4b5b6e square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Bering Sea tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#6e5e4b) 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 #6e4b5b and #4b6e5e.
In a RGB color space, hex #4b5b6e is made of 27% red, 33% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Bering Sea has a hue angle of 212.57°, a saturation of 18.92% and a lightness of 36.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4b5b6e is made of 13.73% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 56.86% black ink.
| HEX | #4b5b6e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(75,91,110) |
| RGB Percentage | 27%, 33%, 40% |
| CMYK | 13.73, 7.45, 0, 56.86 |
| HSL | hsl(212.57,18.92%,36.27%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(212.57,31.82%,43.14%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(38.0281,-1.1875,-12.8338) |
| XYZ | xyz(9.4572,10.1038,16.2036) |