Blustery Sky 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 | #907b73 |
| Complementary Color | #8c776f |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (196.55° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 49.22% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blustery Sky Color. The Symphony of 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 soft alternative called Kiwikiwi Grey (#909495) for more calm effect. Try Antique Tin as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8c776f is the best complementary color to Blustery Sky. 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 #6f848c complementary color is Americano, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #6f8c85 and #6f758c. Thus found on the left and right of #6f848c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Blue Smoke and Storm Gray colors as they work well with Blustery Sky.
The split-complementary Blustery Sky palette consists of #8c856f and #8c6f75 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8c776f). Try Olive Haze and Opium colors in combination with #6f848c, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #6f848c 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 Blustery Sky. Thus Battleship Gray and Mountbatten Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blustery Sky contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Americano, Mobster, and Camouflage Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #6f848c square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Blustery Sky tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#8c776f) and two others. The Mountbatten Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Laurel – 120° from the complementary Americano. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8c6f84 and #6f8c77.
In a RGB color space, hex #6f848c is made of 29% red, 34% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Blustery Sky has a hue angle of 196.55°, a saturation of 11.55% and a lightness of 49.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6f848c is made of 11.37% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.1% black ink.
| HEX | #6f848c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(111,132,140) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 34%, 37% |
| CMYK | 11.37, 3.14, 0, 45.1 |
| HSL | hsl(196.55,11.55%,49.22%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(196.55,20.71%,54.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.788,-5.7107,-6.835) |
| XYZ | xyz(19.5404,21.7755,27.9841) |