Foggy Blue Color

#99aebb

Foggy 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 #665144
Complementary Color #bba599
Color Shade: cool cyan (202.94° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with white)
Foggy Blue Color Sample
Foggy Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #99aebb

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Foggy Blue Color. The Bluesy Note 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 soft alternative called Coastal Vista (#8293a0) for more calm effect. Try Icicles as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#bba599 is the best complementary color to Foggy 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 #99aebb complementary color is Thatch, 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 Gull Gray are #99bbb6 and #999dbb. Thus found on the left and right of #99aebb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shadow Green and Cadet Blue colors as they work well with Foggy Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Foggy Blue palette consists of #bbb699 and #bb999d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bba599). Try Heathered Gray and Thatch colors in combination with #99aebb, 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 #99aebb 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 Foggy Blue. Thus Schist and Lily giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Foggy Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Thatch, London Hue, and Norway split by 90° on the color wheel. #99aebb 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. Foggy Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#bba599) and two others. The Lily is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Summer Green – 120° from the complementary Thatch. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bb99ae and #99bba5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #99aebb is made of 30% red, 34% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Foggy Blue has a hue angle of 202.94°, a saturation of 20% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #99aebb is made of 13.33% cyan, 5.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #99aebb
RGB Decimal rgb(153,174,187)
RGB Percentage 30%, 34%, 36%
CMYK 13.33, 5.09, 0, 26.67
HSL hsl(202.94,20%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(202.94,18.18%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.9175,-4.4554,-9.0876)
XYZ xyz(37.2426,40.6323,52.8936)
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