Ebb Tide Color

#7893a0

Ebb Tide 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 #876c5f
Complementary Color #a08578
Color Shade: cool cyan (199.5° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 54.9% (better contrasting with white)
Ebb Tide Color Sample
Ebb Tide Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7893a0

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Ebb Tide Color. The Blue Beads 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 soft alternative called Tool Blue (#637985) for more calm effect. Try Scatman Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a08578 is the best complementary color to Ebb Tide. 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 #7893a0 complementary color is Pharlap, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Gothic are #78a099 and #787fa0. Thus found on the left and right of #7893a0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sea Nymph and Lynch colors as they work well with Ebb Tide.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ebb Tide palette consists of #a09978 and #a0787f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a08578). Try Gurkha and Bazaar colors in combination with #7893a0, 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 #7893a0 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 Ebb Tide. Thus Sage and Mountbatten Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ebb Tide contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pharlap, Trendy Pink, and Amulet split by 90° on the color wheel. #7893a0 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green 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. Ebb Tide tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#a08578) and two others. The Mountbatten Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oxley – 120° from the complementary Pharlap. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a07893 and #78a085.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7893a0 is made of 28% red, 34% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Ebb Tide has a hue angle of 199.5°, a saturation of 17.39% and a lightness of 54.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7893a0 is made of 15.69% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 37.25% black ink.

HEX #7893a0
RGB Decimal rgb(120,147,160)
RGB Percentage 28%, 34%, 37%
CMYK 15.69, 5.1, 0, 37.25
HSL hsl(199.5,17.39%,54.9%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(199.5,25%,62.75%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.3414,-6.432,-9.9843)
XYZ xyz(24.5246,27.3986,37.2536)
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