Moon Jellyfish Color

#8eb8ce

Moon Jellyfish 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 #714731
Complementary Color #cea48e
Color Shade: cool cyan (200.63° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 68.24% (better contrasting with white)
Moon Jellyfish Color Sample
Moon Jellyfish Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8eb8ce

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Moon Jellyfish Color. The Shipmate color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Blue Glow (#b2d4dd) for more calm effect. Try Walden Pond as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#cea48e is the best complementary color to Moon Jellyfish. 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 #8eb8ce complementary color is Tan, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

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 #8ecec4 and #8e98ce. Thus found on the left and right of #8eb8ce on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Monte Carlo and Polo Blue colors as they work well with Moon Jellyfish.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Moon Jellyfish palette consists of #cec48e and #ce8e98 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cea48e). Try Yuma and Puce colors in combination with #8eb8ce, 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 #8eb8ce 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 Moon Jellyfish. Thus Pine Glade and Viola giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Moon Jellyfish contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tan, East Side, and De York split by 90° on the color wheel. #8eb8ce square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Moon Jellyfish tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#cea48e) and two others. The Viola is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vista Blue – 120° from the complementary Tan. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ce8eb7 and #8ecea4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8eb8ce is made of 27% red, 35% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Moon Jellyfish has a hue angle of 200.63°, a saturation of 39.51% and a lightness of 68.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8eb8ce is made of 25.09% cyan, 8.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black ink.

HEX #8eb8ce
RGB Decimal rgb(142,184,206)
RGB Percentage 27%, 35%, 39%
CMYK 25.09, 8.62, 0, 19.22
HSL hsl(200.63,39.51%,68.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(200.63,31.07%,80.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.5535,-8.7698,-15.6383)
XYZ xyz(39.4364,44.488,64.901)
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