Windy Day 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 | #734f34 |
| Complementary Color | #cba78c |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (205.71° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 67.25% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Windy Day Color. The Essex Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Jay Wing Feathers (#7994b5) for more calm effect. Try Sea Wind as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#cba78c is the best complementary color to Windy Day. 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 #8cb0cb complementary color is Sorrell Brown, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Polo Blue are #8ccbc6 and #8c90cb. Thus found on the left and right of #8cb0cb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Half Baked and Blue Bell colors as they work well with Windy Day.
The split-complementary Windy Day palette consists of #cbc68c and #cb8c90 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cba78c). Try Yuma and Puce colors in combination with #8cb0cb, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #8cb0cb 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 Windy Day. Thus Pine Glade and Viola giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Windy Day contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sorrell Brown, East Side, and De York split by 90° on the color wheel. #8cb0cb square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Windy Day tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#cba78c) 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 #cb8caf and #8ccba7.
In a RGB color space, hex #8cb0cb is made of 27% red, 34% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Windy Day has a hue angle of 205.71°, a saturation of 37.72% and a lightness of 67.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8cb0cb is made of 24.71% cyan, 10.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black ink.
| HEX | #8cb0cb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(140,176,203) |
| RGB Percentage | 27%, 34%, 39% |
| CMYK | 24.71, 10.59, 0, 20.39 |
| HSL | hsl(205.71,37.72%,67.25%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(205.71,31.03%,79.61%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.1324,-5.7834,-17.6622) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.12,40.9379,62.4453) |