Stormy Bay is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, cool yellow or cool magenta
| Inverse Color | #655050 |
| Complementary Color | #ae9a9a |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (180° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 64.51% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Stormy Bay Color. The French Silver color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Delaware Blue Hen (#76a09e) for more energetic effect. Try Millennium Silver as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ae9a9a is the best complementary color to Stormy Bay. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9aafaf complementary color is Martini, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Edward are #9aaea4 and #9aa4ae. Thus found on the left and right of #9aafaf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pewter and Gray Chateau colors as they work well with Stormy Bay.
The split-complementary Stormy Bay palette consists of #aea49a and #ae9aa4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ae9a9a). Try Bronco and Dusty Gray colors in combination with #9aafaf, 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 #9aafaf offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Stormy Bay. Thus Bud and Shady Lady giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Stormy Bay contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Martini, Amethyst Smoke, and Bud split by 90° on the color wheel. #9aafaf square combo is a palette of warm cyan, violet, mid red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Stormy Bay tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#ae9a9a) and two others. The Shady Lady is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Envy – 120° from the complementary Martini. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ae9aae and #9aae9a.
In a RGB color space, hex #9aafaf is made of 31% red, 35% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Stormy Bay has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 11.6% and a lightness of 64.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9aafaf is made of 8.24% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.37% black ink.
| HEX | #9aafaf |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(154,175,175) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 35%, 35% |
| CMYK | 8.24, 0, 0, 31.37 |
| HSL | hsl(180,11.6%,64.51%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(180,12%,68.63%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.9125,-7.233,-2.4667) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.3943,40.6251,46.4807) |