Fennel Flower is calm, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta
| Inverse Color | #850 |
| Complementary Color | #fc7 |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (217.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 73.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Fennel Flower Color. The Pastel Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Apocyan (#99ccff) for more calm effect. Try Night Snow as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#fc7 is the best complementary color to Fennel Flower. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7af complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #77edff and #8777ff. Thus found on the left and right of #7af on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Anakiwa and Heliotrope colors as they work well with Fennel Flower.
The split-complementary Fennel Flower palette consists of #ef7 and #f87 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fc7). Try White and White colors in combination with #7af, 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 #7af offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Fennel Flower. Thus White and Tickle Me Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Fennel Flower contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #7af square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Fennel Flower tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#fc7) and two others. The Tickle Me Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ff77a9 and #7fc.
In a RGB color space, hex #77aaff is made of 22% red, 31% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Fennel Flower has a hue angle of 217.5°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 73.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #77aaff is made of 53.33% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #77aaff |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(119,170,255) |
| RGB Percentage | 22%, 31%, 47% |
| CMYK | 53.33, 33.33, 0, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(217.5,100%,73.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(217.5,53.33%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.3921,6.7264,-47.3063) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.0325,39.8914,100.1976) |