Lucid Blue Color

#7e8d9f

Lucid Blue 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 #817260
Complementary Color #9f907e
Color Shade: blue cyan (212.73° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 55.88% (better contrasting with white)
Lucid Blue Color Sample
Lucid Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7e8d9f

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Lucid Blue Color. The Chicory Flower color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Titanium Blue (#5b798e) for more energetic effect. Try Rushing River as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#9f907e is the best complementary color to Lucid Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7e8d9f complementary color is Pale Oyster, 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 Regent Gray are #7e9d9f and #7f7e9f. Thus found on the left and right of #7e8d9f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Granny Smith and Waterloo colors as they work well with Lucid Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lucid Blue palette consists of #9d9f7e and #9f7f7e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9f907e). Try Sage and Pharlap colors in combination with #7e8d9f, 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 #7e8d9f 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 Lucid Blue. Thus Sage and Mountbatten Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lucid Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pale Oyster, Mountbatten Pink, and Amulet split by 90° on the color wheel. #7e8d9f 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. Lucid Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#9f907e) and two others. The Mountbatten Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Oxley – 120° from the complementary Pale Oyster. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9f7e8c and #7e9f90.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7e8d9f is made of 30% red, 33% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Lucid Blue has a hue angle of 212.73°, a saturation of 14.67% and a lightness of 55.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7e8d9f is made of 12.94% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 37.65% black ink.

HEX #7e8d9f
RGB Decimal rgb(126,141,159)
RGB Percentage 30%, 33%, 37%
CMYK 12.94, 7.06, 0, 37.65
HSL hsl(212.73,14.67%,55.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(212.73,20.75%,62.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.0262,-1.3591,-11.3427)
XYZ xyz(24.3871,25.9886,36.5318)
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