Cool Water Lake is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta
| Inverse Color | #64261a |
| Complementary Color | #e5a69a |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (189.73° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 75.29% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cool Water Lake Color. The Silent Breeze color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Caribbean Coast (#93c5dd) for more calm effect. Try Skywalker as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#e5a69a is the best complementary color to Cool Water Lake. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9bd9e5 complementary color is Tonys Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Regent St Blue are #9ae5cc and #9ab3e5. Thus found on the left and right of #9bd9e5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Water Leaf and Cornflower colors as they work well with Cool Water Lake.
The split-complementary Cool Water Lake palette consists of #e5cc9a and #e59ab3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e5a69a). Try Zombie and Kobi colors in combination with #9bd9e5, 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 #9bd9e5 offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cool Water Lake. Thus Zombie and Light Orchid giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cool Water Lake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tonys Pink, Biloba Flower, and Granny Smith Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #9bd9e5 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Cool Water Lake tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#e5a69a) and two others. The Light Orchid is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Granny Smith Apple – 120° from the complementary Tonys Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e59ad9 and #9ae5a7.
In a RGB color space, hex #9bd9e5 is made of 26% red, 36% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Cool Water Lake has a hue angle of 189.73°, a saturation of 58.73% and a lightness of 75.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9bd9e5 is made of 29.02% cyan, 4.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black ink.
| HEX | #9bd9e5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(155,217,229) |
| RGB Percentage | 26%, 36%, 38% |
| CMYK | 29.02, 4.7, 0, 10.2 |
| HSL | hsl(189.73,58.73%,75.29%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(189.73,32.31%,89.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.0469,-16.7508,-12.2059) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.4733,62.2514,83.3788) |