Crystal Seas Color

#5dafce

Crystal Seas 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 #a25031
Complementary Color #ce7b5d
Color Shade: cool cyan (196.46° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 58.63% (better contrasting with white)
Crystal Seas Color Sample
Crystal Seas Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5dafce

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Crystal Seas Color. The Opalescent color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Spray (#7ecddd) for more energetic effect. Try Wavelet as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ce7b5d is the best complementary color to Crystal Seas. 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 #5dafce complementary color is Japonica, 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 Shakespeare are #5dceb4 and #5d76ce. Thus found on the left and right of #5dafce on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Downy and Indigo colors as they work well with Crystal Seas.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Crystal Seas palette consists of #ceb45d and #ce5d76 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ce7b5d). Try Sundance and Chestnut Rose colors in combination with #5dafce, 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 #5dafce 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 Crystal Seas. Thus Celery and Hopbush giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Crystal Seas contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Japonica, Amethyst, and Mantis split by 90° on the color wheel. #5dafce 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. Crystal Seas tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ce7b5d) and two others. The Hopbush is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Emerald – 120° from the complementary Japonica. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ce5dae and #5dce7c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5dafce is made of 20% red, 37% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Crystal Seas has a hue angle of 196.46°, a saturation of 53.55% and a lightness of 58.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5dafce is made of 44.31% cyan, 12.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black ink.

HEX #5dafce
RGB Decimal rgb(93,175,206)
RGB Percentage 20%, 37%, 43%
CMYK 44.31, 12.15, 0, 19.22
HSL hsl(196.46,53.55%,58.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(196.46,54.85%,80.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(67.6083,-16.2634,-23.3703)
XYZ xyz(30.9848,37.4433,63.9867)
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