Breathtaking View Color

#809bac

Breathtaking View 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 #7f6453
Complementary Color #ac9180
Color Shade: cool cyan (203.18° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 58.82% (better contrasting with white)
Breathtaking View Color Sample
Breathtaking View Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #809bac

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Breathtaking View Color. The Special Delivery color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Blue Team Spirit (#5885a2) for more energetic effect. Try Chain Gang Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ac9180 is the best complementary color to Breathtaking View. 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 #809bac complementary color is Sandrift, 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 Bali Hai are #80aca7 and #8084ac. Thus found on the left and right of #809bac on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gulf Stream and Wild Blue Yonder colors as they work well with Breathtaking View.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Breathtaking View palette consists of #aca780 and #ac8084 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ac9180). Try Hillary and Pharlap colors in combination with #809bac, 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 #809bac 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 Breathtaking View. Thus Sage and Bouquet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Breathtaking View contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sandrift, Lavender Purple, and Amulet split by 90° on the color wheel. #809bac 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. Breathtaking View tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ac9180) 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 #ac809b and #80ac91.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #809bac is made of 28% red, 34% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Breathtaking View has a hue angle of 203.18°, a saturation of 20.95% and a lightness of 58.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #809bac is made of 17.25% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.55% black ink.

HEX #809bac
RGB Decimal rgb(128,155,172)
RGB Percentage 28%, 34%, 38%
CMYK 17.25, 6.67, 0, 32.55
HSL hsl(203.18,20.95%,58.82%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(203.18,25.58%,67.45%)
CIE-LAB lab(62.5164,-5.464,-11.9686)
XYZ xyz(28.0698,31.0104,43.5359)
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