Atom Blue Color

#8f9cac

Atom Blue is pale, 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 #706353
Complementary Color #ac9f8f
Color Shade: blue cyan (213.1° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 61.76% (better contrasting with white)
Atom Blue Color Sample
Atom Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8f9cac

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Atom Blue Color. The High Rise color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Tempest (#79839b) for more calm effect. Try Slate Tint as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ac9f8f is the best complementary color to Atom 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 #8f9cac complementary color is Napa, 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 Regent Gray are #8faaac and #908fac. Thus found on the left and right of #8f9cac on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cascade and Manatee colors as they work well with Atom Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Atom Blue palette consists of #aaac8f and #ac908f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ac9f8f). Try Locust and Del Rio colors in combination with #8f9cac, 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 #8f9cac 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 Atom Blue. Thus Sage and Dusty Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Atom Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Napa, Bouquet, and Envy split by 90° on the color wheel. #8f9cac 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. Atom Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#ac9f8f) and two others. The Dusty Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cascade – 120° from the complementary Napa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ac8f9b and #8fac9f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8f9cac is made of 30% red, 33% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Atom Blue has a hue angle of 213.1°, a saturation of 14.87% and a lightness of 61.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8f9cac is made of 11.37% cyan, 6.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.55% black ink.

HEX #8f9cac
RGB Decimal rgb(143,156,172)
RGB Percentage 30%, 33%, 37%
CMYK 11.37, 6.27, 0, 32.55
HSL hsl(213.1,14.87%,61.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(213.1,16.86%,67.45%)
CIE-LAB lab(63.8317,-1.1819,-9.8915)
XYZ xyz(30.6626,32.5951,43.7051)
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