Acapulco Dive Color

#65a7dd

Acapulco Dive is calm, 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 #9a5822
Complementary Color #dd9b64
Color Shade: cool cyan (207° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 63.14% (better contrasting with white)
Acapulco Dive Color Sample
Acapulco Dive Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #65a7dd

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Acapulco Dive Color. The Wasurenagusa Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Astral Spirit (#8ec2e7) for more energetic effect. Try Horizon Haze as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#dd9b64 is the best complementary color to Acapulco Dive. 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 #65a7dd complementary color is Di Serria, 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 Havelock Blue are #64ddd7 and #646add. Thus found on the left and right of #65a7dd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Viking and Havelock Blue colors as they work well with Acapulco Dive.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Acapulco Dive palette consists of #ddd764 and #dd646a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dd9b64). Try Chenin and Roman colors in combination with #65a7dd, 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 #65a7dd 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 Acapulco Dive. Thus Conifer and Deep Blush giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Acapulco Dive contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Di Serria, Lavender, and Pastel Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #65a7dd 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. Acapulco Dive tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#dd9b64) and two others. The Deep Blush is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pastel Green – 120° from the complementary Di Serria. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #dd64a7 and #64dd9b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #65a7dd is made of 21% red, 34% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Acapulco Dive has a hue angle of 207°, a saturation of 63.83% and a lightness of 63.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #65a7dd is made of 47.06% cyan, 21.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black ink.

HEX #65a7dd
RGB Decimal rgb(101,167,221)
RGB Percentage 21%, 34%, 45%
CMYK 47.06, 21.18, 0, 13.33
HSL hsl(207,63.83%,63.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(207,54.3%,86.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(66.2321,-5.7577,-33.7314)
XYZ xyz(32.2367,35.6246,73.5838)
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