Gallery Blue Color

#9bbce4

Gallery Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #64431b
Complementary Color #e4c29b
Color Shade: blue cyan (212.88° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 75.1% (better contrasting with white)
Gallery Blue Color Sample
Gallery Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9bbce4

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Gallery Blue Color. The Fluid Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Light Tidal Foam (#bcd6e9) for more calm effect. Try First Rain as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e4c29b is the best complementary color to Gallery Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9bbce4 complementary color is Calico, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Regent St Blue are #9be0e4 and #9e9be4. Thus found on the left and right of #9bbce4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Morning Glory and Dull Lavender colors as they work well with Gallery Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gallery Blue palette consists of #e0e49b and #e49e9b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e4c29b). Try Zombie and Petite Orchid colors in combination with #9bbce4, 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 #9bbce4 offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Gallery Blue. Thus Granny Smith Apple and Kobi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gallery Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Calico, Light Orchid, and Granny Smith Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #9bbce4 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Gallery Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#e4c29b) and two others. The Kobi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Algae Green – 120° from the complementary Calico. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e49bbb and #9be4c3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9bbce4 is made of 27% red, 33% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Gallery Blue has a hue angle of 212.88°, a saturation of 57.48% and a lightness of 75.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9bbce4 is made of 28.63% cyan, 15.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black ink.

HEX #9bbce4
RGB Decimal rgb(155,188,228)
RGB Percentage 27%, 33%, 40%
CMYK 28.63, 15.68, 0, 10.59
HSL hsl(212.88,57.48%,75.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(212.88,32.02%,89.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(75.162,-1.7913,-23.5718)
XYZ xyz(45.5044,48.5364,80.3689)
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