Bluebottle Color

#8ecfe8

Bluebottle 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 #713017
Complementary Color #e8a68e
Color Shade: cool cyan (196.67° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 73.33% (better contrasting with white)
Bluebottle Color Sample
Bluebottle Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8ecfe8

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Bluebottle Color. The Early Forget-Me-Not color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Winter Escape (#b4e5ec) for more calm effect. Try Broom Butterfly Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e8a68e is the best complementary color to Bluebottle. 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 #8ecfe8 complementary color is Tonys Pink, 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 Cornflower are #8ee8d3 and #8ea2e8. Thus found on the left and right of #8ecfe8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Riptide and Portage colors as they work well with Bluebottle.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bluebottle palette consists of #e8d38e and #e88ea2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e8a68e). Try Putty and Carissma colors in combination with #8ecfe8, 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 #8ecfe8 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 Bluebottle. Thus Yellow Green and Kobi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bluebottle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tonys Pink, Lavender, and Granny Smith Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #8ecfe8 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. Bluebottle tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#e8a68e) 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 #e88ecf and #8ee8a7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8ecfe8 is made of 24% red, 36% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Bluebottle has a hue angle of 196.67°, a saturation of 66.18% and a lightness of 73.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8ecfe8 is made of 35.29% cyan, 9.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black ink.

HEX #8ecfe8
RGB Decimal rgb(142,207,232)
RGB Percentage 24%, 36%, 40%
CMYK 35.29, 9.8, 0, 9.02
HSL hsl(196.67,66.18%,73.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(196.67,38.79%,90.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.729,-14.3598,-18.8592)
XYZ xyz(48.0336,56.2026,84.6605)
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