Parakeet Blue Color

#7eb6ff

Parakeet Blue is calm, 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 #814900
Complementary Color #ffc77e
Color Shade: blue cyan (213.95° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 74.71% (better contrasting with white)
Parakeet Blue Color Sample
Parakeet Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7eb6ff

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Parakeet Blue Color. The Chromis Damsel Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Night Snow (#aaccff) for more calm effect. Try Long Island Sound as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ffc77e is the best complementary color to Parakeet 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 #7eb6ff complementary color is Macaroni and Cheese, 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 Malibu are #7ef6ff and #867eff. Thus found on the left and right of #7eb6ff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Anakiwa and Malibu colors as they work well with Parakeet Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Parakeet Blue palette consists of #f6ff7e and #ff867e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ffc77e). Try Dolly and Vivid Tangerine colors in combination with #7eb6ff, 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 #7eb6ff 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 Parakeet Blue. Thus Reef and Tickle Me Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Parakeet Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Macaroni and Cheese, Blush Pink, and Mint Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #7eb6ff 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. Parakeet Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#ffc77e) and two others. The Tickle Me Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aquamarine – 120° from the complementary Macaroni and Cheese. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ff7eb5 and #7effc6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7eb6ff is made of 22% red, 32% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Parakeet Blue has a hue angle of 213.95°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 74.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7eb6ff is made of 50.59% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #7eb6ff
RGB Decimal rgb(126,182,255)
RGB Percentage 22%, 32%, 45%
CMYK 50.59, 28.63, 0, 0
HSL hsl(213.95,100%,74.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(213.95,50.59%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.9653,1.4996,-41.6821)
XYZ xyz(43.3821,45.1115,101.0287)
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