Blue By You Color

#a0b7ba

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

Inverse Color #5f4845
Complementary Color #baa3a0
Color Shade: mid cyan (186.92° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 67.84% (better contrasting with white)
Blue By You Color Sample
Blue By You Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a0b7ba

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue By You Color. The Shale Grey color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Boredom (#8c9c9c) for more calm effect. Try Stone Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#baa3a0 is the best complementary color to Blue By You. 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 #a0b7ba complementary color is Thatch, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Tower Gray are #a0bab0 and #a0aaba. Thus found on the left and right of #a0b7ba on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Summer Green and Gull Gray colors as they work well with Blue By You.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue By You palette consists of #bab0a0 and #baa0aa colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#baa3a0). Try Nomad and Thatch colors in combination with #a0b7ba, 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 #a0b7ba 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 Blue By You. Thus Eagle and Lily giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue By You contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Thatch, Amethyst Smoke, and Norway split by 90° on the color wheel. #a0b7ba square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow 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. Blue By You tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#baa3a0) and two others. The Lily 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 #baa0b7 and #a0baa3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a0b7ba is made of 30% red, 35% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Blue By You has a hue angle of 186.92°, a saturation of 15.85% and a lightness of 67.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a0b7ba is made of 10.19% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black ink.

HEX #a0b7ba
RGB Decimal rgb(160,183,186)
RGB Percentage 30%, 35%, 35%
CMYK 10.19, 1.18, 0, 27.06
HSL hsl(186.92,15.85%,67.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(186.92,13.98%,72.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.8166,-7.2211,-4.189)
XYZ xyz(40.2936,44.8857,52.9945)
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