Platonic Blue Color

#88ccff

Platonic 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 #730
Complementary Color #ffba87
Color Shade: cool cyan (205.71° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 76.67% (better contrasting with white)
Platonic Blue Color Sample
Platonic Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #88ccff

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Platonic Blue Color. The Frozen Landscape 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 Anakiwa (#9de5ff) for more calm effect. Try Ganon Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ffba87 is the best complementary color to Platonic 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 #8cf complementary color is Macaroni and Cheese, 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 White are #87fff6 and #8790ff. Thus found on the left and right of #8cf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Aquamarine and Malibu colors as they work well with Platonic Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Platonic Blue palette consists of #fff687 and #ff8790 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ffba87). Try Dolly and Pink Salmon colors in combination with #8cf, 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 #8cf 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 Platonic Blue. Thus Reef and Carnation Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Platonic Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Macaroni and Cheese, Heliotrope, and Mint Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #8cf 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. Platonic Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ffba87) and two others. The Carnation Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aquamarine – 120° from the complementary Macaroni and Cheese. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ff87cb and #87ffba.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #88ccff is made of 23% red, 34% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Platonic Blue has a hue angle of 205.71°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 76.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #88ccff is made of 46.67% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #88ccff
RGB Decimal rgb(136,204,255)
RGB Percentage 23%, 34%, 43%
CMYK 46.67, 20, 0, 0
HSL hsl(205.71,100%,76.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(205.71,46.67%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.4085,-8.1652,-31.6574)
XYZ xyz(49.7962,55.64,102.7228)
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