Tranquil Pool Color

#88ddff

Tranquil Pool is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #720
Complementary Color #ffa987
Color Shade: cool cyan (197.14° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 76.67% (better contrasting with black)
Tranquil Pool Color Sample
Tranquil Pool Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #88ddff

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Tranquil Pool Color. The Platonic Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Malmö FF (#a7d7ff) for more calm effect. Try Photon Projector as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ffa987 is the best complementary color to Tranquil Pool. 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 #8df complementary color is Hit Pink, 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 #87ffe5 and #87a1ff. Thus found on the left and right of #8df on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Aquamarine and Malibu colors as they work well with Tranquil Pool.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tranquil Pool palette consists of #ffe587 and #ff87a1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ffa987). Try Salomie and Pink Salmon colors in combination with #8df, 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 #8df 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 Tranquil Pool. Thus Honeysuckle and Lavender Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tranquil Pool contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hit Pink, Heliotrope, and Mint Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #8df 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. Tranquil Pool tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ffa987) and two others. The Lavender Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mint Green – 120° from the complementary Hit Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ff87dd and #87ffa9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #88ddff is made of 22% red, 36% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Tranquil Pool has a hue angle of 197.14°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 76.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #88ddff is made of 46.67% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #88ddff
RGB Decimal rgb(136,221,255)
RGB Percentage 22%, 36%, 42%
CMYK 46.67, 13.33, 0, 0
HSL hsl(197.14,100%,76.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(197.14,46.67%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(84.0527,-16.9931,-24.5506)
XYZ xyz(54.0598,64.1671,104.144)
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