Cloudless Day 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 | #654e40 |
| Complementary Color | #bfa89a |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (202.7° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 67.65% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cloudless Day Color. The Dyer's Woad 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 Approaching Dusk (#8b97a5) for more calm effect. Try Walden Pond as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#bfa89a is the best complementary color to Cloudless Day. 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 #9ab1bf complementary color is Malta, 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 Nepal are #9abfba and #9a9ebf. Thus found on the left and right of #9ab1bf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shadow Green and Cadet Blue colors as they work well with Cloudless Day.
The split-complementary Cloudless Day palette consists of #bfba9a and #bf9a9e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bfa89a). Try Coral Reef and Thatch colors in combination with #9ab1bf, 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 #9ab1bf 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 Cloudless Day. Thus Swamp Green and Lily giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cloudless Day contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malta, London Hue, and Norway split by 90° on the color wheel. #9ab1bf 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. Cloudless Day tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#bfa89a) and two others. The Lily is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Summer Green – 120° from the complementary Malta. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bf9ab1 and #9abfa8.
In a RGB color space, hex #9ab1bf is made of 30% red, 34% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Cloudless Day has a hue angle of 202.7°, a saturation of 22.42% and a lightness of 67.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9ab1bf is made of 14.51% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black ink.
| HEX | #9ab1bf |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(154,177,191) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 34%, 37% |
| CMYK | 14.51, 5.49, 0, 25.1 |
| HSL | hsl(202.7,22.42%,67.65%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(202.7,19.37%,74.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.9232,-4.8702,-9.7843) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.4525,42.0759,55.385) |