Cooled Blue Color

#75b9ae

Cooled Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #8a4651
Complementary Color #b9747f
Color Shade: warm cyan (170.29° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 59.22% (better contrasting with white)
Cooled Blue Color Sample
Cooled Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #75b9ae

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cooled Blue Color. The Breaker Bay color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Bleu Nattier (#9cc2bf) for more calm effect. Try Bora Bora Shore as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#b9747f is the best complementary color to Cooled Blue. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #75b9ae complementary color is Turkish Rose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Neptune are #74b98c and #74a2b9. Thus found on the left and right of #75b9ae on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silver Tree and Neptune colors as they work well with Cooled Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cooled Blue palette consists of #b98c74 and #b974a2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b9747f). Try Brandy Rose and Bouquet colors in combination with #75b9ae, 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 #75b9ae offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cooled Blue. Thus Gimblet and Wisteria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cooled Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Turkish Rose, Purple Mountain's Majesty, and Olivine split by 90° on the color wheel. #75b9ae square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow 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. Cooled Blue tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#b9747f) and two others. The Wisteria is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Olivine – 120° from the complementary Turkish Rose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ae74b9 and #80b974.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #75b9ae is made of 25% red, 39% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Cooled Blue has a hue angle of 170.29°, a saturation of 32.69% and a lightness of 59.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #75b9ae is made of 26.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.31% yellow and 27.45% black ink.

HEX #75b9ae
RGB Decimal rgb(117,185,174)
RGB Percentage 25%, 39%, 37%
CMYK 26.67, 0, 4.31, 27.45
HSL hsl(170.29,32.69%,59.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(170.29,36.76%,72.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.5497,-24.0498,-1.2353)
XYZ xyz(32.3251,41.5358,46.3579)
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