Polo Blue Color

#8aa7cc

Polo Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #755833
Complementary Color #ccaf8a
Color Shade: blue cyan (213.64° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 67.06% (better contrasting with white)
Polo Blue Color Sample
Polo Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8aa7cc

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Polo Blue Color. The Simpatico Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Ballet Blue (#afc4d9) for more calm effect. Try Blue Bows as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ccaf8a is the best complementary color to Polo Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8aa7cc complementary color is Sorrell Brown, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Polo Blue are #8ac8cc and #8d8acc. Thus found on the left and right of #8aa7cc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Half Baked and Blue Bell colors as they work well with Polo Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Polo Blue palette consists of #c8cc8a and #cc8e8a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ccaf8a). Try Pine Glade and Puce colors in combination with #8aa7cc, 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 #8aa7cc offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Polo Blue. Thus Pine Glade and Viola giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Polo Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sorrell Brown, Viola, and De York split by 90° on the color wheel. #8aa7cc square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Polo Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#ccaf8a) and two others. The Viola is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vista Blue – 120° from the complementary Sorrell Brown. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cc8aa7 and #8accaf.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8aa7cc is made of 27% red, 33% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Polo Blue has a hue angle of 213.64°, a saturation of 39.29% and a lightness of 67.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8aa7cc is made of 25.88% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #8aa7cc
RGB Decimal rgb(138,167,204)
RGB Percentage 27%, 33%, 40%
CMYK 25.88, 14.51, 0, 20
HSL hsl(213.64,39.29%,67.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(213.64,32.35%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(67.5763,-1.1824,-22.1094)
XYZ xyz(35.199,37.4003,62.4905)
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