Gas Giant Color

#98dcff

Gas Giant 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 #672300
Complementary Color #ffba98
Color Shade: cool cyan (200.39° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 79.8% (better contrasting with black)
Gas Giant Color Sample
Gas Giant Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #98dcff

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Gas Giant Color. The Beyond the Clouds 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 French Pass (#bdedfd) for more calm effect. Try Broad Daylight as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ffba98 is the best complementary color to Gas Giant. 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 #98dcff complementary color is Peach Orange, 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 Anakiwa are #98ffee and #98a8ff. Thus found on the left and right of #98dcff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Anakiwa and Melrose colors as they work well with Gas Giant.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gas Giant palette consists of #ffee98 and #ff98a8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ffba98). Try Picasso and Pink Salmon colors in combination with #98dcff, 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 #98dcff 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 Gas Giant. Thus Jonquil and Carnation Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gas Giant contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Peach Orange, Mauve, and Mint Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #98dcff 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. Gas Giant tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ffba98) and two others. The Carnation Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mint Green – 120° from the complementary Peach Orange. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ff98dc and #98ffbb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #98dcff is made of 24% red, 35% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Gas Giant has a hue angle of 200.39°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 79.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #98dcff is made of 40.39% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #98dcff
RGB Decimal rgb(152,220,255)
RGB Percentage 24%, 35%, 41%
CMYK 40.39, 13.73, 0, 0
HSL hsl(200.39,100%,79.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(200.39,40.39%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(84.5259,-12.6626,-23.762)
XYZ xyz(56.5921,65.0818,104.1871)
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