Anakiwa 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 | #733115 |
| Complementary Color | #eaa78c |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (197.87° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 73.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Anakiwa Color. The Xavier Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Ocean Front (#b8e3ed) for more calm effect. Try Uranus as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#eaa78c is the best complementary color to Anakiwa. 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 #8cceea complementary color is Tonys Pink, 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 Cornflower are #8cead6 and #8c9fea. Thus found on the left and right of #8cceea on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Riptide and Portage colors as they work well with Anakiwa.
The split-complementary Anakiwa palette consists of #ead68c and #ea8c9f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#eaa78c). Try Wild Rice and Carissma colors in combination with #8cceea, 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 #8cceea 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 Anakiwa. Thus Yellow Green and Kobi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Anakiwa contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tonys Pink, Biloba Flower, and Granny Smith Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #8cceea 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. Anakiwa tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#eaa78c) and two others. The Kobi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Algae Green – 120° from the complementary Tonys Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ea8cce and #8ceaa8.
In a RGB color space, hex #8cceea is made of 24% red, 36% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Anakiwa has a hue angle of 197.87°, a saturation of 69.12% and a lightness of 73.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8cceea is made of 36.86% cyan, 10.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black ink.
| HEX | #8cceea |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(140,206,234) |
| RGB Percentage | 24%, 36%, 40% |
| CMYK | 36.86, 10.98, 0, 8.24 |
| HSL | hsl(197.87,69.12%,73.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(197.87,40.17%,91.76%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.4191,-13.8434,-20.4079) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.7378,55.6586,86.069) |