Electric Eel Color

#88bbee

Electric Eel 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 #741
Complementary Color #eb8
Color Shade: cool cyan (210° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 73.33% (better contrasting with white)
Electric Eel Color Sample
Electric Eel Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #88bbee

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Electric Eel Color. The Mediterranean Charm 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 Light Cornflower Blue (#93ccea) for more calm effect. Try Feather Star as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#eb8 is the best complementary color to Electric Eel. 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 #8be complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #88edee and #88e. Thus found on the left and right of #8be on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spray and White colors as they work well with Electric Eel.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Electric Eel palette consists of #edee88 and #e88 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#eb8). Try Khaki and White colors in combination with #8be, 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 #8be 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 Electric Eel. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Electric Eel contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Lavender Magenta, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #8be square combo is a palette of cool cyan, mid 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. Electric Eel tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#eb8) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e8b and #8eb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #88bbee is made of 24% red, 33% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Electric Eel has a hue angle of 210°, a saturation of 75% and a lightness of 73.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #88bbee is made of 40% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #88bbee
RGB Decimal rgb(136,187,238)
RGB Percentage 24%, 33%, 42%
CMYK 40, 20, 0, 6.67
HSL hsl(210,75%,73.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(210,42.86%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.1565,-3.7113,-30.6179)
XYZ xyz(43.3563,46.9479,87.6657)
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