Sea Breeze Color

#a4bfce

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

Inverse Color #5b4031
Complementary Color #ceb3a4
Color Shade: cool cyan (201.43° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 72.55% (better contrasting with white)
Sea Breeze Color Sample
Sea Breeze Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a4bfce

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sea Breeze Color. The Tennis Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Northern Sky (#8daccc) for more energetic effect. Try Stormfang as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#ceb3a4 is the best complementary color to Sea Breeze. 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 #a4bfce complementary color is Vanilla, 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 Casper are #a4cec8 and #a4aace. Thus found on the left and right of #a4bfce on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jet Stream and Logan colors as they work well with Sea Breeze.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sea Breeze palette consists of #cec8a4 and #cea4a9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ceb3a4). Try Chino and Eunry colors in combination with #a4bfce, 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 #a4bfce 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 Sea Breeze. Thus Green Mist and Lilac giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sea Breeze contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Vanilla, London Hue, and Spring Rain split by 90° on the color wheel. #a4bfce 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. Sea Breeze tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ceb3a4) and two others. The Lilac is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spring Rain – 120° from the complementary Vanilla. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cea4bf and #a4ceb3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a4bfce is made of 29% red, 34% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Sea Breeze has a hue angle of 201.43°, a saturation of 30% and a lightness of 72.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a4bfce is made of 16.47% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black ink.

HEX #a4bfce
RGB Decimal rgb(164,191,206)
RGB Percentage 29%, 34%, 37%
CMYK 16.47, 5.88, 0, 19.22
HSL hsl(201.43,30%,72.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(201.43,20.39%,80.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(75.8295,-5.8845,-10.5854)
XYZ xyz(45.0812,49.6103,65.5922)
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