Kitten's Eye Color

#8aadf7

Kitten's Eye is calm, 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 #755208
Complementary Color #f7d489
Color Shade: blue cyan (220.73° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 75.49% (better contrasting with white)
Kitten's Eye Color Sample
Kitten's Eye Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8aadf7

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Kitten's Eye Color. The Punch Out Glove color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Fly Away (#85b3f3) for more calm effect. Try Jordy Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#f7d489 is the best complementary color to Kitten's Eye. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8aadf7 complementary color is Marzipan, 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 Jordy Blue are #89e3f7 and #9d89f7. Thus found on the left and right of #8aadf7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Malibu and Portage colors as they work well with Kitten's Eye.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Kitten's Eye palette consists of #e3f789 and #f79d89 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#f7d489). Try Mindaro and Geraldine colors in combination with #8aadf7, 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 #8aadf7 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 Kitten's Eye. Thus Sulu and Persian Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Kitten's Eye contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Marzipan, Lavender Rose, and Mint Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #8aadf7 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. Kitten's Eye tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#f7d489) and two others. The Persian Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aquamarine – 120° from the complementary Marzipan. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #f789ac and #89f7d4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8aadf7 is made of 25% red, 31% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Kitten's Eye has a hue angle of 220.73°, a saturation of 87.2% and a lightness of 75.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8aadf7 is made of 42.74% cyan, 29.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.14% black ink.

HEX #8aadf7
RGB Decimal rgb(138,173,247)
RGB Percentage 25%, 31%, 44%
CMYK 42.74, 29.02, 0, 3.14
HSL hsl(220.73,87.2%,75.49%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(220.73,44.13%,96.86%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.8749,7.0207,-40.5713)
XYZ xyz(42.2133,42.0058,93.8787)
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