Cold Lips is calm, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or cool red
| Inverse Color | #645f10 |
| Complementary Color | #eeea9b |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (236.43° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 77.25% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Cold Lips Color. The Hera Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Portage (#8b9fee) for more energetic effect. Try Perrywinkle as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#eeea9b is the best complementary color to Cold Lips. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9ba0ef complementary color is Primrose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Portage are #9bc9ee and #bf9bee. Thus found on the left and right of #9ba0ef on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cornflower and Biloba Flower colors as they work well with Cold Lips.
The split-complementary Cold Lips palette consists of #c9ee9b and #eec09b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#eeea9b). Try Primrose and Chalky colors in combination with #9ba0ef, 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 #9ba0ef offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cold Lips. Thus Madang and Sea Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cold Lips contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Primrose, Kobi, and Magic Mint split by 90° on the color wheel. #9ba0ef square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Cold Lips tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#eeea9b) and two others. The Sea Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blizzard Blue – 120° from the complementary Primrose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ee9b9f and #9beee9.
In a RGB color space, hex #9ba0ef is made of 28% red, 29% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Cold Lips has a hue angle of 236.43°, a saturation of 72.41% and a lightness of 77.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9ba0ef is made of 32.95% cyan, 30.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black ink.
| HEX | #9ba0ef |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(155,160,239) |
| RGB Percentage | 28%, 29%, 43% |
| CMYK | 32.95, 30.98, 0, 6.27 |
| HSL | hsl(236.43,72.41%,77.25%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(236.43,35.15%,93.73%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.272,16.5914,-40.1959) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.6684,38.3422,86.866) |