Peace River Color

#a8bfcc

Peace River 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 #574033
Complementary Color #ccb5a8
Color Shade: cool cyan (201.67° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 72.94% (better contrasting with white)
Peace River Color Sample
Peace River Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a8bfcc

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Peace River Color. The Arabella 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 soft alternative called River Valley (#94a5b7) for more calm effect. Try Open Seas as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#ccb5a8 is the best complementary color to Peace River. 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 #a8bfcc 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 #a8ccc7 and #a8adcc. Thus found on the left and right of #a8bfcc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jet Stream and Logan colors as they work well with Peace River.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Peace River palette consists of #ccc7a8 and #cca8ad colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ccb5a8). Try Thistle Green and Clam Shell colors in combination with #a8bfcc, 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 #a8bfcc 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 Peace River. Thus Coriander and Lily giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Peace River contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Vanilla, London Hue, and Spring Rain split by 90° on the color wheel. #a8bfcc 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. Peace River tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ccb5a8) and two others. The Lily 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 #cca8be and #a8ccb5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a8bfcc is made of 30% red, 34% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Peace River has a hue angle of 201.67°, a saturation of 26.09% and a lightness of 72.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a8bfcc is made of 14.12% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #a8bfcc
RGB Decimal rgb(168,191,204)
RGB Percentage 30%, 34%, 36%
CMYK 14.12, 5.1, 0, 20
HSL hsl(201.67,26.09%,72.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(201.67,17.65%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(76.0361,-5.0613,-9.1645)
XYZ xyz(45.6783,49.9461,64.3598)
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