Artesian Pool 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 | #59411e |
| Complementary Color | #e1c8a5 |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (215.59° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 76.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Artesian Pool Color. The Arctic Rain color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Light Hindsight (#cdd6ea) for more calm effect. Try Light Morality as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#e1c8a5 is the best complementary color to Artesian Pool. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a6bee1 complementary color is Brandy, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Regent St Blue are #a5dbe1 and #aba5e1. Thus found on the left and right of #a6bee1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Morning Glory and Cold Purple colors as they work well with Artesian Pool.
The split-complementary Artesian Pool palette consists of #dbe1a5 and #e1aba5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e1c8a5). Try Sapling and Rose Fog colors in combination with #a6bee1, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #a6bee1 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 Artesian Pool. Thus Celadon and Light Orchid giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Artesian Pool contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Brandy, Light Orchid, and Celadon split by 90° on the color wheel. #a6bee1 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Artesian Pool tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#e1c8a5) and two others. The Light Orchid is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chinook – 120° from the complementary Brandy. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e1a5bd and #a5e1c9.
In a RGB color space, hex #a6bee1 is made of 29% red, 33% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Artesian Pool has a hue angle of 215.59°, a saturation of 49.58% and a lightness of 76.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a6bee1 is made of 23.14% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black ink.
| HEX | #a6bee1 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(166,190,225) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 33%, 39% |
| CMYK | 23.14, 13.73, 0, 11.76 |
| HSL | hsl(215.59,49.58%,76.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(215.59,26.22%,88.24%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.2959,-0.4031,-20.1598) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.7299,50.3701,78.4409) |