Pool Bar Color

#8fabbd

Pool Bar 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 #705442
Complementary Color #bda18f
Color Shade: cool cyan (203.48° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 65.1% (better contrasting with white)
Pool Bar Color Sample
Pool Bar Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #8fabbd

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Pool Bar Color. The Wink color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Bluebird's Belly (#7395b8) for more energetic effect. Try Ocean City as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bda18f is the best complementary color to Pool Bar. 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 #8fabbd complementary color is Quicksand, 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 Nepal are #8fbdb8 and #8f93bd. Thus found on the left and right of #8fabbd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shadow Green and Wild Blue Yonder colors as they work well with Pool Bar.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pool Bar palette consists of #bdb88f and #bd8f93 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bda18f). Try Indian Khaki and Quicksand colors in combination with #8fabbd, 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 #8fabbd 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 Pool Bar. Thus Swamp Green and Bouquet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pool Bar contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Quicksand, London Hue, and Norway split by 90° on the color wheel. #8fabbd 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. Pool Bar tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#bda18f) and two others. The Bouquet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Summer Green – 120° from the complementary Quicksand. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bd8fab and #8fbda1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #8fabbd is made of 28% red, 34% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Pool Bar has a hue angle of 203.48°, a saturation of 25.84% and a lightness of 65.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8fabbd is made of 18.04% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black ink.

HEX #8fabbd
RGB Decimal rgb(143,171,189)
RGB Percentage 28%, 34%, 38%
CMYK 18.04, 7.06, 0, 25.88
HSL hsl(203.48,25.84%,65.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(203.48,24.34%,74.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(68.4894,-5.5372,-12.3973)
XYZ xyz(35.0759,38.6396,53.7536)
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