Graceful 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 | #573f31 |
| Complementary Color | #ceb6a8 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (202.11° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 73.33% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Graceful 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 Glacier as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#ceb6a8 is the best complementary color to Graceful. 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 #a8c0ce complementary color is Vanilla, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #a8cec9 and #a8acce. Thus found on the left and right of #a8c0ce on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jet Stream and Logan colors as they work well with Graceful.
The split-complementary Graceful palette consists of #cec9a8 and #cea8ac colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ceb6a8). Try Chino and Clam Shell colors in combination with #a8c0ce, 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 #a8c0ce 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 Graceful. Thus Coriander and Lily giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Graceful contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Vanilla, London Hue, and Spring Rain split by 90° on the color wheel. #a8c0ce square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Graceful tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ceb6a8) 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 #cea8bf and #a8ceb6.
In a RGB color space, hex #a8c0ce is made of 30% red, 34% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Graceful has a hue angle of 202.11°, a saturation of 27.94% and a lightness of 73.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a8c0ce is made of 14.9% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black ink.
| HEX | #a8c0ce |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(168,192,206) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 34%, 36% |
| CMYK | 14.9, 5.49, 0, 19.22 |
| HSL | hsl(202.11,27.94%,73.33%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(202.11,18.45%,80.78%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.3631,-5.1596,-9.7616) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.1387,50.4803,65.7044) |