Sheltered 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 | #8a7065 |
| Complementary Color | #9a7f74 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (197.84° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 53.14% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sheltered Bay Color. The Provincial 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 saturated alternative called Titanium Blue (#5b798e) for more energetic effect. Try Hypnotic as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#9a7f74 is the best complementary color to Sheltered 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 #758f9a 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 Juniper are #749a92 and #747c9a. Thus found on the left and right of #758f9a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sea Nymph and Lynch colors as they work well with Sheltered Bay.
The split-complementary Sheltered Bay palette consists of #9a9274 and #9a747c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9a7f74). Try Gurkha and Bazaar colors in combination with #758f9a, 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 #758f9a 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 Sheltered Bay. Thus Battleship Gray and Mountbatten Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Sheltered Bay contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Almond Frost, Trendy Pink, and Amulet split by 90° on the color wheel. #758f9a 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. Sheltered Bay tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#9a7f74) and two others. The Mountbatten Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oxley – 120° from the complementary Almond Frost. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9a748f and #749a7f.
In a RGB color space, hex #758f9a is made of 28% red, 35% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Sheltered Bay has a hue angle of 197.84°, a saturation of 15.48% and a lightness of 53.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #758f9a is made of 14.51% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.61% black ink.
| HEX | #758f9a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(117,143,154) |
| RGB Percentage | 28%, 35%, 37% |
| CMYK | 14.51, 4.31, 0, 39.61 |
| HSL | hsl(197.84,15.48%,53.14%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(197.84,24.03%,60.39%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.8085,-6.6014,-8.8709) |
| XYZ | xyz(22.9913,25.7599,34.3322) |