Stormy Oceans 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 | #8f7e71 |
| Complementary Color | #8e7d70 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (206° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 49.8% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Stormy Oceans Color. The Turbulent Sea color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Wolverine (#91989d) for more calm effect. Try Gibraltar as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8e7d70 is the best complementary color to Stormy Oceans. 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 #70818e complementary color is Almond Frost, 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 #708e8c and #70718e. Thus found on the left and right of #70818e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Juniper and Storm Gray colors as they work well with Stormy Oceans.
The split-complementary Stormy Oceans palette consists of #8e8c70 and #8e7071 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8e7d70). Try Granite Green and Opium colors in combination with #70818e, 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 #70818e 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 Stormy Oceans. Thus Battleship Gray and Mountbatten Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Stormy Oceans contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Almond Frost, Mamba, and Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #70818e 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. Stormy Oceans tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#8e7d70) and two others. The Mountbatten Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Viridian Green – 120° from the complementary Almond Frost. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8e7081 and #708e7d.
In a RGB color space, hex #70818e is made of 29% red, 34% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Stormy Oceans has a hue angle of 206°, a saturation of 11.81% and a lightness of 49.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #70818e is made of 11.77% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 44.31% black ink.
| HEX | #70818e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(112,129,142) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 34%, 37% |
| CMYK | 11.77, 5.1, 0, 44.31 |
| HSL | hsl(206,11.81%,49.8%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(206,21.13%,55.69%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.0569,-3.1929,-9.0817) |
| XYZ | xyz(19.4148,21.0983,28.6403) |