Carolina Blue Color

#8ab8fe

Carolina Blue 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 #754701
Complementary Color #fecf89
Color Shade: blue cyan (216.21° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 76.86% (better contrasting with white)
Carolina Blue Color Sample
Carolina Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8ab8fe

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Carolina Blue Color. The Tiān Lán Sky color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Clear Sky (#8eccfe) for more calm effect. Try Joust Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#fecf89 is the best complementary color to Carolina 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 #8ab8fe complementary color is Chardonnay, 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 Malibu are #89f2fe and #9589fe. Thus found on the left and right of #8ab8fe on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Anakiwa and Melrose colors as they work well with Carolina Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Carolina Blue palette consists of #f2fe89 and #fe9589 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fecf89). Try Dolly and Vivid Tangerine colors in combination with #8ab8fe, 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 #8ab8fe 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 Carolina Blue. Thus Reef and Tickle Me Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Carolina Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chardonnay, Blush Pink, and Mint Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #8ab8fe 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. Carolina Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#fecf89) and two others. The Tickle Me Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aquamarine – 120° from the complementary Chardonnay. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fe89b7 and #89fed0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8ab8fe is made of 24% red, 32% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Carolina Blue has a hue angle of 216.21°, a saturation of 98.31% and a lightness of 76.86%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8ab8fe is made of 45.49% cyan, 27.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #8ab8fe
RGB Decimal rgb(138,184,254)
RGB Percentage 24%, 32%, 44%
CMYK 45.49, 27.45, 0, 0.39
HSL hsl(216.21,98.31%,76.86%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(216.21,45.67%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.0873,2.8603,-39.3474)
XYZ xyz(45.5111,46.84,100.4083)
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