Seal Pup Color

#65869b

Seal Pup 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 #9a7964
Complementary Color #9b7965
Color Shade: cool cyan (203.33° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50.2% (better contrasting with white)
Seal Pup Color Sample
Seal Pup Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #65869b

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Seal Pup Color. The Oceanic 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 Goblin Blue (#5f7278) for more calm effect. Try Deadwind Pass as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9b7965 is the best complementary color to Seal Pup. 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 #65869b complementary color is Toast, 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 Hoki are #659b94 and #656b9b. Thus found on the left and right of #65869b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Patina and Kimberly colors as they work well with Seal Pup.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Seal Pup palette consists of #9b9465 and #9b656b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9b7965). Try Clay Creek and Copper Rose colors in combination with #65869b, 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 #65869b 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 Seal Pup. Thus Asparagus and Strikemaster giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Seal Pup contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Toast, Trendy Pink, and Highland split by 90° on the color wheel. #65869b 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. Seal Pup tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#9b7965) and two others. The Strikemaster is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oxley – 120° from the complementary Toast. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9b6585 and #659b79.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #65869b is made of 26% red, 34% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Seal Pup has a hue angle of 203.33°, a saturation of 21.26% and a lightness of 50.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #65869b is made of 21.17% cyan, 8.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.22% black ink.

HEX #65869b
RGB Decimal rgb(101,134,155)
RGB Percentage 26%, 34%, 40%
CMYK 21.17, 8.23, 0, 39.22
HSL hsl(203.33,21.26%,50.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(203.33,34.84%,60.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.2211,-6.2352,-14.9448)
XYZ xyz(19.8083,22.1835,34.2482)
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