Bay's Water 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 | #846552 |
| Complementary Color | #ad8e7b |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (202.8° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 58.04% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Bay's Water Color. The Ovation color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Peaceful Blue (#9ab6c0) for more calm effect. Try Greyish Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#ad8e7b is the best complementary color to Bay's Water. 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 #7b9aad complementary color is Sandrift, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Bali Hai are #7bada7 and #7b81ad. Thus found on the left and right of #7b9aad on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Acapulco and Wild Blue Yonder colors as they work well with Bay's Water.
The split-complementary Bay's Water palette consists of #ada77b and #ad7b81 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ad8e7b). Try Hillary and Pharlap colors in combination with #7b9aad, 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 #7b9aad 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 Bay's Water. Thus Green Smoke and Bouquet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Bay's Water contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sandrift, Lavender Purple, and Amulet split by 90° on the color wheel. #7b9aad square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Bay's Water tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ad8e7b) and two others. The Bouquet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bay Leaf – 120° from the complementary Sandrift. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ad7b99 and #7bad8e.
In a RGB color space, hex #7b9aad is made of 27% red, 34% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Bay's Water has a hue angle of 202.8°, a saturation of 23.36% and a lightness of 58.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7b9aad is made of 19.6% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.16% black ink.
| HEX | #7b9aad |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(123,154,173) |
| RGB Percentage | 27%, 34%, 38% |
| CMYK | 19.6, 7.45, 0, 32.16 |
| HSL | hsl(202.8,23.36%,58.04%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(202.8,28.9%,67.84%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(61.9459,-6.2106,-13.4226) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.2668,30.3393,43.9541) |