Steel Blue Eyes Color

#7d94c6

Steel Blue Eyes 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 #826b39
Complementary Color #c6ae7c
Color Shade: blue cyan (221.1° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 63.33% (better contrasting with white)
Steel Blue Eyes Color Sample
Steel Blue Eyes Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7d94c6

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Steel Blue Eyes Color. The Blue Iolite 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 Mild Blue Yonder (#a2add0) for more calm effect. Try Flood as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c6ae7c is the best complementary color to Steel Blue Eyes. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7d94c6 complementary color is Sorrell Brown, 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 #7cb8c6 and #8a7cc6. Thus found on the left and right of #7d94c6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Glacier and Blue Marguerite colors as they work well with Steel Blue Eyes.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Steel Blue Eyes palette consists of #b8c67c and #c68a7c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c6ae7c). Try Wild Willow and Old Rose colors in combination with #7d94c6, 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 #7d94c6 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 Steel Blue Eyes. Thus Olivine and Puce giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Steel Blue Eyes contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sorrell Brown, Viola, and De York split by 90° on the color wheel. #7d94c6 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. Steel Blue Eyes tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#c6ae7c) and two others. The Puce is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Monte Carlo – 120° from the complementary Sorrell Brown. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c67c93 and #7cc6ae.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7d94c6 is made of 27% red, 31% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Steel Blue Eyes has a hue angle of 221.1°, a saturation of 39.04% and a lightness of 63.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7d94c6 is made of 28.63% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.35% black ink.

HEX #7d94c6
RGB Decimal rgb(125,148,198)
RGB Percentage 27%, 31%, 42%
CMYK 28.63, 19.61, 0, 22.35
HSL hsl(221.1,39.04%,63.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(221.1,36.87%,77.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.3223,4.2486,-28.4395)
XYZ xyz(29.2404,29.617,57.6016)
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