Coveted Blue is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet
Inverse Color | #64424d |
Complementary Color | #bd9ba6 |
Color Shade: | green cyan (160.59° hue) |
Color Temperature: | warm |
Lightness: | 67.45% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Coveted Blue Color. The Verdigreen color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Aspen Aura (#83a494) for more calm effect. Try Morning Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#bd9ba6 is the best complementary color to Coveted Blue. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9bbdb2 complementary color is Thatch, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Summer Green are #9bbda1 and #9bb7bd. Thus found on the left and right of #9bbdb2 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Summer Green and Gull Gray colors as they work well with Coveted Blue.
The split-complementary Coveted Blue palette consists of #bda19b and #bd9bb7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bd9ba6). Try Thatch and Lily colors in combination with #9bbdb2, 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 #9bbdb2 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Coveted Blue. Thus Malta and London Hue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Coveted Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Thatch, Amethyst Smoke, and Swamp Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #9bbdb2 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Coveted Blue tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#bd9ba6) and two others. The London Hue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Norway – 120° from the complementary Thatch. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b19bbd and #a6bd9b.
In a RGB color space, hex #9bbdb2 is made of 30% red, 36% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Coveted Blue has a hue angle of 160.59°, a saturation of 20.48% and a lightness of 67.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9bbdb2 is made of 13.34% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.32% yellow and 25.88% black ink.
HEX | #9bbdb2 |
RGB Decimal | rgb(155,189,178) |
RGB Percentage | 30%, 36%, 34% |
CMYK | 13.34, 0, 4.32, 25.88 |
HSL | hsl(160.59,20.48%,67.45%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(160.59,17.99%,74.12%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(73.9191,-13.6669,1.7528) |
XYZ | xyz(39.751,46.5781,49.0149) |