Watery Sea Color

#88bfe7

Watery Sea 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 #774018
Complementary Color #e7b088
Color Shade: cool cyan (205.26° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 71.96% (better contrasting with white)
Watery Sea Color Sample
Watery Sea Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #88bfe7

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Watery Sea Color. The Sora Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Blue Bubble (#a6d7eb) for more calm effect. Try Ariel as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e7b088 is the best complementary color to Watery Sea. 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 #88bfe7 complementary color is Gold Sand, 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 Cornflower are #88e7df and #888fe7. Thus found on the left and right of #88bfe7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Riptide and Portage colors as they work well with Watery Sea.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Watery Sea palette consists of #e7df88 and #e7888f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e7b088). Try Wild Rice and Tonys Pink colors in combination with #88bfe7, 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 #88bfe7 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 Watery Sea. Thus Yellow Green and Carissma giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Watery Sea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gold Sand, Lavender, and Pastel Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #88bfe7 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. Watery Sea tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#e7b088) and two others. The Carissma is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Algae Green – 120° from the complementary Gold Sand. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e788be and #88e7b0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #88bfe7 is made of 24% red, 34% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Watery Sea has a hue angle of 205.26°, a saturation of 66.43% and a lightness of 71.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #88bfe7 is made of 37.26% cyan, 15.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black ink.

HEX #88bfe7
RGB Decimal rgb(136,191,231)
RGB Percentage 24%, 34%, 41%
CMYK 37.26, 15.69, 0, 9.41
HSL hsl(205.26,66.43%,71.96%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(205.26,41.13%,90.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.992,-7.7523,-25.5518)
XYZ xyz(43.2079,48.2654,82.6402)
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