Blue Alps Color

#89a3ae

Blue Alps 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 #765c51
Complementary Color #ae9489
Color Shade: cool cyan (197.84° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 60.98% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Alps Color Sample
Blue Alps Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #89a3ae

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Alps Color. The Echo One color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Norwegian Blue (#78888e) for more calm effect. Try Lyric Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ae9489 is the best complementary color to Blue Alps. 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 #89a3ae complementary color is Del Rio, 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 Bali Hai are #89aea6 and #8990ae. Thus found on the left and right of #89a3ae on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cascade and Bali Hai colors as they work well with Blue Alps.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Alps palette consists of #aea689 and #ae8990 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ae9489). Try Hillary and Del Rio colors in combination with #89a3ae, 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 #89a3ae 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 Blue Alps. Thus Locust and Bouquet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Alps contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Del Rio, Amethyst Smoke, and Envy split by 90° on the color wheel. #89a3ae 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. Blue Alps tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ae9489) and two others. The Bouquet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bay Leaf – 120° from the complementary Del Rio. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ae89a2 and #89ae94.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #89a3ae is made of 29% red, 34% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Alps has a hue angle of 197.84°, a saturation of 18.59% and a lightness of 60.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #89a3ae is made of 14.51% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black ink.

HEX #89a3ae
RGB Decimal rgb(137,163,174)
RGB Percentage 29%, 34%, 37%
CMYK 14.51, 4.32, 0, 31.76
HSL hsl(197.84,18.59%,60.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(197.84,21.26%,68.24%)
CIE-LAB lab(65.4115,-6.5393,-8.6989)
XYZ xyz(31.0537,34.5687,45.0801)
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