Light Cornflower Blue Color

#93ccea

Light Cornflower Blue 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 #6c3315
Complementary Color #eab193
Color Shade: cool cyan (200.69° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 74.71% (better contrasting with white)
Light Cornflower Blue Color Sample
Light Cornflower Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #93ccea

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Light Cornflower Blue Color. The Crystal River 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 Delicate Blue Mist (#bed7f0) for more calm effect. Try Sanctuary Spa as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#eab193 is the best complementary color to Light Cornflower Blue. 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 #93ccea 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 #93eadc and #93a0ea. Thus found on the left and right of #93ccea on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Riptide and Portage colors as they work well with Light Cornflower Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Light Cornflower Blue palette consists of #eadc93 and #ea93a0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#eab193). Try Wild Rice and Sea Pink colors in combination with #93ccea, 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 #93ccea 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 Light Cornflower Blue. Thus Yellow Green and Kobi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Light Cornflower Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tonys Pink, Biloba Flower, and Granny Smith Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #93ccea 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. Light Cornflower Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#eab193) and two others. The Kobi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Magic Mint – 120° from the complementary Tonys Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ea93cb and #93eab1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #93ccea is made of 25% red, 35% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Light Cornflower Blue has a hue angle of 200.69°, a saturation of 67.44% and a lightness of 74.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #93ccea is made of 34.11% cyan, 11.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black ink.

HEX #93ccea
RGB Decimal rgb(147,204,234)
RGB Percentage 25%, 35%, 40%
CMYK 34.11, 11.76, 0, 8.24
HSL hsl(200.69,67.44%,74.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(200.69,37.18%,91.76%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.2306,-10.9904,-20.6595)
XYZ xyz(48.4768,55.3293,85.9665)
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