5-Masted Preußen Color

#9bafad

5-Masted Preußen is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #645052
Complementary Color #ae9b9c
Color Shade: warm cyan (174° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 64.71% (better contrasting with white)
5-Masted Preußen Color Sample
5-Masted Preußen Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9bafad

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to 5-Masted Preußen Color. The Sightful color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant 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.

Complementary Palette

#ae9b9c is the best complementary color to 5-Masted Preußen. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9bafad complementary color is Martini, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Edward are #9baea3 and #9ba6ae. Thus found on the left and right of #9bafad on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pewter and Gray Chateau colors as they work well with 5-Masted Preußen.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary 5-Masted Preußen palette consists of #aea39b and #ae9ba6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ae9b9c). Try Bronco and Dusty Gray colors in combination with #9bafad, 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 #9bafad 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 5-Masted Preußen. Thus Gray Olive and Amethyst Smoke giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of 5-Masted Preußen contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Martini, Amethyst Smoke, and Bud split by 90° on the color wheel. #9bafad square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow 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. 5-Masted Preußen tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#ae9b9c) and two others. The Amethyst Smoke 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 #ac9bae and #9cae9b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9bafad is made of 31% red, 35% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode 5-Masted Preußen has a hue angle of 174°, a saturation of 11.11% and a lightness of 64.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9bafad is made of 7.85% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.79% yellow and 31.37% black ink.

HEX #9bafad
RGB Decimal rgb(155,175,173)
RGB Percentage 31%, 35%, 34%
CMYK 7.85, 0, 0.79, 31.37
HSL hsl(174,11.11%,64.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(174,11.43%,68.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.9269,-7.3083,-1.3341)
XYZ xyz(36.3904,40.6456,45.4626)
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