Medium Sky Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta
| Inverse Color | #7f2514 |
| Complementary Color | #ea9180 |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (189.53° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 71.18% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Medium Sky Blue Color. The Mint Macaron color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Dead Sea (#77eeee) for more energetic effect. Try Bright Spark as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ea9180 is the best complementary color to Medium Sky Blue. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #80daeb complementary color is Apricot, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Spray are #80eac6 and #80a4ea. Thus found on the left and right of #80daeb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Riptide and Portage colors as they work well with Medium Sky Blue.
The split-complementary Medium Sky Blue palette consists of #eac680 and #ea80a4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ea9180). Try Rob Roy and Carissma colors in combination with #80daeb, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #80daeb offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Medium Sky Blue. Thus Wild Rice and Lavender Magenta giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Medium Sky Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Apricot, Lavender, and Sulu split by 90° on the color wheel. #80daeb square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Medium Sky Blue tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#ea9180) and two others. The Lavender Magenta is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pastel Green – 120° from the complementary Apricot. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ea80d9 and #80ea91.
In a RGB color space, hex #80daeb is made of 22% red, 38% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Medium Sky Blue has a hue angle of 189.53°, a saturation of 72.79% and a lightness of 71.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #80daeb is made of 41.96% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black ink.
| HEX | #80daeb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(128,218,235) |
| RGB Percentage | 22%, 38%, 40% |
| CMYK | 41.96, 6.67, 0, 7.84 |
| HSL | hsl(189.53,72.79%,71.18%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(189.53,45.53%,92.16%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.2335,-22.5867,-16.7435) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.9689,60.7302,87.7384) |