Songbird Color

#a3d1eb

Songbird 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 #5c2e14
Complementary Color #ebbca2
Color Shade: cool cyan (201.67° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 78.04% (better contrasting with black)
Songbird Color Sample
Songbird Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a3d1eb

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Songbird Color. The Salty Ice color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Fleck (#97bbe1) for more calm effect. Try Hint of Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ebbca2 is the best complementary color to Songbird. 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 #a3d1eb complementary color is Desert Sand, 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 Cornflower are #a2ebe1 and #a2aceb. Thus found on the left and right of #a3d1eb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Water Leaf and Biloba Flower colors as they work well with Songbird.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Songbird palette consists of #ebe1a2 and #eba2ac colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ebbca2). Try Double Colonial White and Sea Pink colors in combination with #a3d1eb, 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 #a3d1eb 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 Songbird. Thus Caper and Kobi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Songbird contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Desert Sand, Biloba Flower, and Madang split by 90° on the color wheel. #a3d1eb 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. Songbird tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ebbca2) and two others. The Kobi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Madang – 120° from the complementary Desert Sand. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #eba2d0 and #a2ebbc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a3d1eb is made of 27% red, 34% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Songbird has a hue angle of 201.67°, a saturation of 64.29% and a lightness of 78.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a3d1eb is made of 28.24% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black ink.

HEX #a3d1eb
RGB Decimal rgb(163,209,235)
RGB Percentage 27%, 34%, 39%
CMYK 28.24, 10.2, 0, 7.84
HSL hsl(201.67,64.29%,78.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(201.67,30.64%,92.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.5031,-8.9871,-17.6721)
XYZ xyz(52.9001,59.3856,87.2717)
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