Mirror Lake Color

#7aa8cb

Mirror Lake 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 #855734
Complementary Color #cb9d79
Color Shade: cool cyan (205.93° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 63.73% (better contrasting with white)
Mirror Lake Color Sample
Mirror Lake Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7aa8cb

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Mirror Lake Color. The Bobby Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Faded Blue (#658cbb) for more calm effect. Try Provence as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#cb9d79 is the best complementary color to Mirror Lake. 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 #7aa8cb complementary color is Antique Brass, 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 Glacier are #79cbc5 and #797fcb. Thus found on the left and right of #7aa8cb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Monte Carlo and Moody Blue colors as they work well with Mirror Lake.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mirror Lake palette consists of #cbc579 and #cb797f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cb9d79). Try Laser and Contessa colors in combination with #7aa8cb, 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 #7aa8cb 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 Mirror Lake. Thus Wild Willow and Hopbush giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mirror Lake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Antique Brass, East Side, and De York split by 90° on the color wheel. #7aa8cb 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. Mirror Lake tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#cb9d79) and two others. The Hopbush is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and De York – 120° from the complementary Antique Brass. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cb79a7 and #79cb9d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7aa8cb is made of 25% red, 34% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Mirror Lake has a hue angle of 205.93°, a saturation of 43.78% and a lightness of 63.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7aa8cb is made of 31.77% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black ink.

HEX #7aa8cb
RGB Decimal rgb(122,168,203)
RGB Percentage 25%, 34%, 41%
CMYK 31.77, 13.73, 0, 20.39
HSL hsl(205.93,43.78%,63.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(205.93,39.9%,79.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(66.8658,-6.441,-22.7263)
XYZ xyz(32.8082,36.4546,61.8072)
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