Ocean City Color

#7896ba

Ocean City is pale, 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 #876945
Complementary Color #ba9c78
Color Shade: blue cyan (212.73° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 60% (better contrasting with white)
Ocean City Color Sample
Ocean City Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7896ba

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Ocean City Color. The Azul Pavo Real color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Pool Bar (#8fabbd) for more calm effect. Try Deck Crew as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ba9c78 is the best complementary color to Ocean City. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7896ba complementary color is Mongoose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Ship Cove are #78b6ba and #7b78ba. Thus found on the left and right of #7896ba on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Neptune and Wild Blue Yonder colors as they work well with Ocean City.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ocean City palette consists of #b6ba78 and #ba7b78 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ba9c78). Try Gimblet and Old Rose colors in combination with #7896ba, 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 #7896ba 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 Ocean City. Thus Olivine and Turkish Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ocean City contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mongoose, Bouquet, and De York split by 90° on the color wheel. #7896ba square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Ocean City tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#ba9c78) and two others. The Turkish Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Silver Tree – 120° from the complementary Mongoose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ba7895 and #78ba9c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7896ba is made of 26% red, 33% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Ocean City has a hue angle of 212.73°, a saturation of 32.35% and a lightness of 60%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7896ba is made of 25.88% cyan, 14.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black ink.

HEX #7896ba
RGB Decimal rgb(120,150,186)
RGB Percentage 26%, 33%, 41%
CMYK 25.88, 14.12, 0, 27.06
HSL hsl(212.73,32.35%,60%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(212.73,35.48%,72.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.0901,-1.5244,-22.0719)
XYZ xyz(27.515,29.3509,50.6695)
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