Soft Summer Rain Color

#a1d7ef

Soft Summer Rain is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #5e2810
Complementary Color #efb9a1
Color Shade: cool cyan (198.46° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 78.43% (better contrasting with black)
Soft Summer Rain Color Sample
Soft Summer Rain Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a1d7ef

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Soft Summer Rain Color. The Faded Poster color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Frosty Day (#ccebf5) for more calm effect. Try Watery Sea as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#efb9a1 is the best complementary color to Soft Summer Rain. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a1d7ef complementary color is Mandys Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blizzard Blue are #a1efdf and #a1b0ef. Thus found on the left and right of #a1d7ef on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Magic Mint and Perano colors as they work well with Soft Summer Rain.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Soft Summer Rain palette consists of #efdfa1 and #efa1b0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#efb9a1). Try Primrose and Wewak colors in combination with #a1d7ef, 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 #a1d7ef offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Soft Summer Rain. Thus Primrose and Kobi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Soft Summer Rain contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mandys Pink, Perfume, and Madang split by 90° on the color wheel. #a1d7ef square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Soft Summer Rain tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#efb9a1) and two others. The Kobi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Magic Mint – 120° from the complementary Mandys Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #efa1d6 and #a1efb8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a1d7ef is made of 26% red, 35% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Soft Summer Rain has a hue angle of 198.46°, a saturation of 70.91% and a lightness of 78.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a1d7ef is made of 30.59% cyan, 9.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black ink.

HEX #a1d7ef
RGB Decimal rgb(161,215,239)
RGB Percentage 26%, 35%, 39%
CMYK 30.59, 9.42, 0, 6.27
HSL hsl(198.46,70.91%,78.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(198.46,32.64%,93.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.1309,-11.6995,-17.3576)
XYZ xyz(54.5784,62.4099,90.8311)
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