Lake Water 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 | #79545a |
| Complementary Color | #aa868b |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (170.27° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 59.8% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Lake Water Color. The Bidwell Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Castaway Cove (#7a9291) for more calm effect. Try Dull Teal as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#aa868b is the best complementary color to Lake Water. 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 #86aba5 complementary color is Pharlap, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Cascade are #86aa92 and #869eaa. Thus found on the left and right of #86aba5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bay Leaf and Bali Hai colors as they work well with Lake Water.
The split-complementary Lake Water palette consists of #aa9286 and #aa869e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#aa868b). Try Sandrift and Bouquet colors in combination with #86aba5, 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 #86aba5 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 Lake Water. Thus Hillary and Amethyst Smoke giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Lake Water contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pharlap, Amethyst Smoke, and Sage split by 90° on the color wheel. #86aba5 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Lake Water tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#aa868b) and two others. The Amethyst Smoke is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Envy – 120° from the complementary Pharlap. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a586aa and #8baa86.
In a RGB color space, hex #86aba5 is made of 29% red, 36% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Lake Water has a hue angle of 170.27°, a saturation of 18.05% and a lightness of 59.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #86aba5 is made of 14.51% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.35% yellow and 32.94% black ink.
| HEX | #86aba5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(134,171,165) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 36%, 35% |
| CMYK | 14.51, 0, 2.35, 32.94 |
| HSL | hsl(170.27,18.05%,59.8%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(170.27,21.64%,67.06%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.21,-13.8033,-1.0496) |
| XYZ | xyz(31.186,36.9108,41.0781) |