Wickford Bay 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 | #b09370 |
| Complementary Color | #8f714f |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (212.81° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 43.53% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Wickford Bay Color. The Splash Palace color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Off Blue (#5684ae) for more energetic effect. Try Shrinking Violet as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#8f714f is the best complementary color to Wickford Bay. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4f6c8f complementary color is Leather, 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 Kashmir Blue are #4f8b8f and #524f8f. Thus found on the left and right of #4f6c8f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Smalt Blue and Butterfly Bush colors as they work well with Wickford Bay.
The split-complementary Wickford Bay palette consists of #8b8f4f and #8f524f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8f714f). Try Asparagus and Copper Rust colors in combination with #4f6c8f, 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 #4f6c8f 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 Wickford Bay. Thus Asparagus and Cannon Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Wickford Bay contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Leather, Strikemaster, and Hippie Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #4f6c8f 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. Wickford Bay tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#8f714f) and two others. The Cannon Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Viridian – 120° from the complementary Leather. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8f4f6c and #4f8f72.
In a RGB color space, hex #4f6c8f is made of 24% red, 33% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Wickford Bay has a hue angle of 212.81°, a saturation of 28.83% and a lightness of 43.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4f6c8f is made of 25.1% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.92% black ink.
| HEX | #4f6c8f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(79,108,143) |
| RGB Percentage | 24%, 33%, 43% |
| CMYK | 25.1, 13.73, 0, 43.92 |
| HSL | hsl(212.81,28.83%,43.53%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(212.81,44.76%,56.08%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(44.7597,-0.7297,-22.4953) |
| XYZ | xyz(13.5449,14.3706,28.0465) |