Water Wings Color

#80d5cc

Water Wings is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #7f2a33
Complementary Color #d58089
Color Shade: warm cyan (173.65° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 66.86% (better contrasting with white)
Water Wings Color Sample
Water Wings Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #80d5cc

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Water Wings Color. The Aqua Spray color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Mini Blue (#96d7db) for more calm effect. Try Morning Glory as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#d58089 is the best complementary color to Water Wings. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #80d5cc complementary color is New York Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Bermuda are #80d5a1 and #80b3d5. Thus found on the left and right of #80d5cc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vista Blue and Half Baked colors as they work well with Water Wings.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Water Wings palette consists of #d5a180 and #d580b3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d58089). Try My Pink and Hopbush colors in combination with #80d5cc, 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 #80d5cc offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Water Wings. Thus Straw and Lavender giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Water Wings contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary New York Pink, Lilac Bush, and Feijoa split by 90° on the color wheel. #80d5cc square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow 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. Water Wings tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#d58089) and two others. The Lavender is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Feijoa – 120° from the complementary New York Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cb80d5 and #88d580.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #80d5cc is made of 23% red, 39% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Water Wings has a hue angle of 173.65°, a saturation of 50.3% and a lightness of 66.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #80d5cc is made of 33.33% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.53% yellow and 16.47% black ink.

HEX #80d5cc
RGB Decimal rgb(128,213,204)
RGB Percentage 23%, 39%, 37%
CMYK 33.33, 0, 3.53, 16.47
HSL hsl(173.65,50.3%,66.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(173.65,39.91%,83.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.9187,-27.8421,-3.6634)
XYZ xyz(43.5954,56.5373,65.7418)
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