Sea Crystal Color

#608ba6

Sea Crystal 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 #9f7459
Complementary Color #a57b60
Color Shade: cool cyan (203.14° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 51.37% (better contrasting with white)
Sea Crystal Color Sample
Sea Crystal Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #608ba6

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sea Crystal Color. The Yawl color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Ocean Current (#537783) for more calm effect. Try Inky Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a57b60 is the best complementary color to Sea Crystal. 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 #608ba6 complementary color is Barley Corn, 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 Horizon are #60a59e and #6067a5. Thus found on the left and right of #608ba6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Breaker Bay and Scampi colors as they work well with Sea Crystal.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sea Crystal palette consists of #a59e60 and #a56067 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a57b60). Try Barley Corn and Coral Tree colors in combination with #608ba6, 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 #608ba6 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 Sea Crystal. Thus Chelsea Cucumber and Tapestry giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sea Crystal contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Barley Corn, Trendy Pink, and Asparagus split by 90° on the color wheel. #608ba6 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. Sea Crystal tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#a57b60) and two others. The Tapestry is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aqua Forest – 120° from the complementary Barley Corn. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a5608a and #60a57b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #608ba6 is made of 24% red, 35% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Sea Crystal has a hue angle of 203.14°, a saturation of 28.23% and a lightness of 51.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #608ba6 is made of 27.45% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.9% black ink.

HEX #608ba6
RGB Decimal rgb(96,139,166)
RGB Percentage 24%, 35%, 41%
CMYK 27.45, 10.59, 0, 34.9
HSL hsl(203.14,28.23%,51.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(203.14,42.17%,65.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(55.7914,-7.4654,-18.9202)
XYZ xyz(20.9394,23.7052,39.5483)
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