Soaring Eagle Color

#9badbe

Soaring Eagle 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 #645241
Complementary Color #beab9b
Color Shade: cool cyan (209.14° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 67.65% (better contrasting with white)
Soaring Eagle Color Sample
Soaring Eagle Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9badbe

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Soaring Eagle Color. The Accolade 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 saturated alternative called Celestial Horizon (#7c94b3) for more energetic effect. Try Blueberry Soda as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#beab9b is the best complementary color to Soaring Eagle. 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 #9badbe complementary color is Malta, 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 #9bbebd and #9b9bbe. Thus found on the left and right of #9badbe on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Shadow Green and Amethyst Smoke colors as they work well with Soaring Eagle.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Soaring Eagle palette consists of #bebd9b and #be9b9b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#beab9b). Try Heathered Gray and Thatch colors in combination with #9badbe, 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 #9badbe 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 Soaring Eagle. Thus Norway and Lily giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Soaring Eagle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malta, London Hue, and Norway split by 90° on the color wheel. #9badbe 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. Soaring Eagle tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#beab9b) 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 #be9bad and #9bbeac.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9badbe is made of 30% red, 33% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Soaring Eagle has a hue angle of 209.14°, a saturation of 21.21% and a lightness of 67.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9badbe is made of 13.73% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black ink.

HEX #9badbe
RGB Decimal rgb(155,173,190)
RGB Percentage 30%, 33%, 37%
CMYK 13.73, 6.67, 0, 25.49
HSL hsl(209.14,21.21%,67.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(209.14,18.42%,74.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.876,-2.6048,-10.7899)
XYZ xyz(37.7554,40.5734,54.5567)
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