Long Island Sound is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta
Inverse Color | #6a2f03 |
Complementary Color | #fbc195 |
Color Shade: | cool cyan (205.63° hue) |
Color Temperature: | cool |
Lightness: | 78.63% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Long Island Sound Color. The Parakeet Blue 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 French Sky Blue (#77b5fe) for more energetic effect. Try Ganon Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#fbc195 is the best complementary color to Long Island Sound. 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 #95d0fc complementary color is Corvette, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Anakiwa are #95fbf4 and #959cfb. Thus found on the left and right of #95d0fc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Anakiwa and Malibu colors as they work well with Long Island Sound.
The split-complementary Long Island Sound palette consists of #fbf495 and #fb959c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fbc195). Try Sweet Corn and Sweet Pink colors in combination with #95d0fc, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #95d0fc 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 Long Island Sound. Thus Mindaro and Lavender Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Long Island Sound contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Corvette, Mauve, and Mint Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #95d0fc square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Long Island Sound tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#fbc195) and two others. The Lavender Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Aquamarine – 120° from the complementary Corvette. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fb95cf and #95fbc1.
In a RGB color space, hex #95d0fc is made of 24% red, 34% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Long Island Sound has a hue angle of 205.63°, a saturation of 94.5% and a lightness of 78.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #95d0fc is made of 40.39% cyan, 17.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black ink.
HEX | #95d0fc |
RGB Decimal | rgb(149,208,252) |
RGB Percentage | 24%, 34%, 41% |
CMYK | 40.39, 17.25, 0, 1.18 |
HSL | hsl(205.63,94.5%,78.63%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(205.63,40.87%,98.82%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(81.0323,-7.9428,-27.513) |
XYZ | xyz(52.521,58.5296,100.6246) |