Windy Seas Color

#667f8b

Windy 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 #998074
Complementary Color #8b7266
Color Shade: cool cyan (199.46° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 47.25% (better contrasting with white)
Windy Seas Color Sample
Windy Seas Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #667f8b

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Windy Seas Color. The Durango Blue 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 King Creek Falls (#5f686f) for more calm effect. Try Whale Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8b7266 is the best complementary color to Windy 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 #667f8b complementary color is Cement, 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 Slate Gray are #668b84 and #666c8b. Thus found on the left and right of #667f8b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Juniper and Storm Gray colors as they work well with Windy Seas.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Windy Seas palette consists of #8b8466 and #8b666c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8b7266). Try Clay Creek and Opium colors in combination with #667f8b, 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 #667f8b 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 Windy Seas. Thus Flax Smoke and Strikemaster giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Windy Seas contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cement, Trendy Pink, and Highland split by 90° on the color wheel. #667f8b 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. Windy Seas tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#8b7266) and two others. The Strikemaster is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Viridian Green – 120° from the complementary Cement. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8b667e and #668b72.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #667f8b is made of 28% red, 35% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Windy Seas has a hue angle of 199.46°, a saturation of 15.35% and a lightness of 47.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #667f8b is made of 14.51% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.49% black ink.

HEX #667f8b
RGB Decimal rgb(102,127,139)
RGB Percentage 28%, 35%, 38%
CMYK 14.51, 4.71, 0, 45.49
HSL hsl(199.46,15.35%,47.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(199.46,26.62%,54.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(51.6872,-6.0712,-9.453)
XYZ xyz(17.7291,19.8676,27.3265)
;