Fish Pond Color

#86c8ed

Fish Pond 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 #793712
Complementary Color #edab86
Color Shade: cool cyan (201.55° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 72.75% (better contrasting with white)
Fish Pond Color Sample
Fish Pond Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #86c8ed

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Fish Pond Color. The Distant Homeworld color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Soap Bubble (#b2dcef) for more calm effect. Try Non-Photo Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#edab86 is the best complementary color to Fish Pond. 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 #86c8ed complementary color is Tacao, 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 Seagull are #86edde and #8694ed. Thus found on the left and right of #86c8ed on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spray and Portage colors as they work well with Fish Pond.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fish Pond palette consists of #edde86 and #ed8694 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#edab86). Try Flax and Carissma colors in combination with #86c8ed, 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 #86c8ed 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 Fish Pond. Thus Sulu and Carissma giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fish Pond contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tacao, Biloba Flower, and Sulu split by 90° on the color wheel. #86c8ed 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. Fish Pond tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#edab86) and two others. The Carissma is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Magic Mint – 120° from the complementary Tacao. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ed86c7 and #86edab.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #86c8ed is made of 23% red, 35% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Fish Pond has a hue angle of 201.55°, a saturation of 74.1% and a lightness of 72.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #86c8ed is made of 40.39% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black ink.

HEX #86c8ed
RGB Decimal rgb(134,200,237)
RGB Percentage 23%, 35%, 42%
CMYK 40.39, 14.51, 0, 7.06
HSL hsl(201.55,74.1%,72.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(201.55,43.46%,92.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(77.5737,-11.4216,-24.8495)
XYZ xyz(45.7719,52.4913,87.8402)
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