Airy Blue 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 | #731 |
| Complementary Color | #ea8 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (200° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 73.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Airy Blue Color. The Soap Bubble color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Xavier Blue (#6ab4e0) for more calm effect. Try Non-Photo Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ea8 is the best complementary color to Airy Blue. 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 #8ce complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #88eedc and #89e. Thus found on the left and right of #8ce on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spray and White colors as they work well with Airy Blue.
The split-complementary Airy Blue palette consists of #eedc88 and #e89 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ea8). Try Flax and White colors in combination with #8ce, 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 #8ce 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 Airy Blue. Thus White and Lavender Magenta giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Airy Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Biloba Flower, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #8ce square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Airy Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ea8) and two others. The Lavender Magenta is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Magic Mint – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ee88cb and #88eea9.
In a RGB color space, hex #88ccee is made of 24% red, 35% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Airy Blue has a hue angle of 200°, a saturation of 75% and a lightness of 73.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #88ccee is made of 40% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black ink.
| HEX | #88ccee |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(136,204,238) |
| RGB Percentage | 24%, 35%, 41% |
| CMYK | 40, 13.33, 0, 6.67 |
| HSL | hsl(200,75%,73.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(200,42.86%,93.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.8063,-12.7592,-23.4981) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.1788,54.593,88.9398) |