Blue Skies Today Color

#95afdc

Blue Skies Today 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 #6a5023
Complementary Color #dbc295
Color Shade: blue cyan (218.03° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 72.35% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Skies Today Color Sample
Blue Skies Today Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #95afdc

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Skies Today Color. The Mood Mode color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Organza Violet (#7391cc) for more calm effect. Try Melt Ice as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#dbc295 is the best complementary color to Blue Skies Today. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #95afdc complementary color is Brandy, 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 Polo Blue are #95d2db and #9e95db. Thus found on the left and right of #95afdc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Morning Glory and Cold Purple colors as they work well with Blue Skies Today.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Skies Today palette consists of #d2db95 and #db9e95 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dbc295). Try Deco and Petite Orchid colors in combination with #95afdc, 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 #95afdc 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 Blue Skies Today. Thus Feijoa and Can Can giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Skies Today contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Brandy, Light Orchid, and Granny Smith Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #95afdc 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. Blue Skies Today tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#dbc295) and two others. The Can Can is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vista Blue – 120° from the complementary Brandy. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #db95af and #95dbc2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #95afdc is made of 27% red, 32% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Skies Today has a hue angle of 218.03°, a saturation of 50.35% and a lightness of 72.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #95afdc is made of 27.84% cyan, 17.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black ink.

HEX #95afdc
RGB Decimal rgb(149,175,220)
RGB Percentage 27%, 32%, 40%
CMYK 27.84, 17.64, 0, 13.73
HSL hsl(218.03,50.35%,72.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(218.03,32.27%,86.27%)
CIE-LAB lab(71.0201,1.6036,-25.5818)
XYZ xyz(40.6427,42.2168,73.7167)
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