Cashmere Blue Color

#a5b8d0

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

Inverse Color #5a472f
Complementary Color #d0bda5
Color Shade: blue cyan (213.49° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 73.14% (better contrasting with white)
Cashmere Blue Color Sample
Cashmere Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a5b8d0

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cashmere Blue Color. The Memory Lane color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Polished Silver (#c5d1da) for more calm effect. Try Velvet Sky as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#d0bda5 is the best complementary color to Cashmere Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a5b8d0 complementary color is Vanilla, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Rock Blue are #a5cdd0 and #a7a5d0. Thus found on the left and right of #a5b8d0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jungle Mist and Wistful colors as they work well with Cashmere Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cashmere Blue palette consists of #cdd0a5 and #d0a7a5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d0bda5). Try Chino and Eunry colors in combination with #a5b8d0, 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 #a5b8d0 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 Cashmere Blue. Thus Sprout and Careys Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cashmere Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Vanilla, Lilac, and Spring Rain split by 90° on the color wheel. #a5b8d0 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange 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. Cashmere Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#d0bda5) and two others. The Careys Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gum Leaf – 120° from the complementary Vanilla. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d0a5b8 and #a5d0bd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a5b8d0 is made of 30% red, 33% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Cashmere Blue has a hue angle of 213.49°, a saturation of 31.39% and a lightness of 73.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a5b8d0 is made of 16.86% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black ink.

HEX #a5b8d0
RGB Decimal rgb(165,184,208)
RGB Percentage 30%, 33%, 37%
CMYK 16.86, 9.41, 0, 18.43
HSL hsl(213.49,31.39%,73.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(213.49,20.67%,81.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.0837,-1.3772,-14.2801)
XYZ xyz(44.0427,46.8344,66.3931)
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