Sterling Silver Color

#9eafc2

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

Inverse Color #61503d
Complementary Color #c2b09e
Color Shade: blue cyan (211.67° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 69.02% (better contrasting with white)
Sterling Silver Color Sample
Sterling Silver Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9eafc2

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sterling Silver Color. The Cemetery Ash color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Denim Tradition (#7f97b5) for more energetic effect. Try Blue Nile as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c2b09e is the best complementary color to Sterling Silver. Warm red shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9eafc2 complementary color is Bison Hide, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Cadet Blue are #9ec1c2 and #9e9ec2. Thus found on the left and right of #9eafc2 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Opal and Logan colors as they work well with Sterling Silver.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sterling Silver palette consists of #c1c29e and #c29e9e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c2b09e). Try Coral Reef and Quicksand colors in combination with #9eafc2, 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 #9eafc2 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 Sterling Silver. Thus Norway and Lily giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sterling Silver contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bison Hide, Lilac, and Norway split by 90° on the color wheel. #9eafc2 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, warm red 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. Sterling Silver tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#c2b09e) and two others. The Lily is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shadow Green – 120° from the complementary Bison Hide. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c29eaf and #9ec2b1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9eafc2 is made of 30% red, 33% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Sterling Silver has a hue angle of 211.67°, a saturation of 22.78% and a lightness of 69.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9eafc2 is made of 14.12% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.92% black ink.

HEX #9eafc2
RGB Decimal rgb(158,175,194)
RGB Percentage 30%, 33%, 37%
CMYK 14.12, 7.45, 0, 23.92
HSL hsl(211.67,22.78%,69.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(211.67,18.56%,76.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(70.7495,-1.8414,-11.6655)
XYZ xyz(39.1681,41.8241,57.0474)
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