Oyster Bay 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 | #8e7e73 |
| Complementary Color | #8c7c71 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (204.44° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 49.61% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Oyster Bay Color. The Fern Flower 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 saturated alternative called Serene Stream (#819daa) for more energetic effect. Try King Creek Falls as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8c7c71 is the best complementary color to Oyster Bay. 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 #71818c 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 #718c89 and #71738c. Thus found on the left and right of #71818c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Juniper and Storm Gray colors as they work well with Oyster Bay.
The split-complementary Oyster Bay palette consists of #8c8971 and #8c7173 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8c7c71). Try Granite Green and Opium colors in combination with #71818c, 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 #71818c 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 Oyster Bay. Thus Battleship Gray and Mountbatten Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Oyster Bay contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Almond Frost, Mobster, and Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #71818c 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. Oyster Bay tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#8c7c71) and two others. The Mountbatten Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Xanadu – 120° from the complementary Almond Frost. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8c7181 and #718c7c.
In a RGB color space, hex #71818c is made of 30% red, 34% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Oyster Bay has a hue angle of 204.44°, a saturation of 10.67% and a lightness of 49.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #71818c is made of 10.59% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.1% black ink.
| HEX | #71818c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(113,129,140) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 34%, 37% |
| CMYK | 10.59, 4.31, 0, 45.1 |
| HSL | hsl(204.44,10.67%,49.61%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(204.44,19.29%,54.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.0639,-3.3288,-7.8987) |
| XYZ | xyz(19.3939,21.1047,27.8624) |