Winter Sky 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 | #563f34 |
| Complementary Color | #cbb3a9 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (199.41° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 72.94% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Winter Sky Color. The Bayshore Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Paris (#91a7bc) for more calm effect. Try Cadet Grey as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#cbb3a9 is the best complementary color to Winter Sky. 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 #a9c0cb complementary color is Clam Shell, 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 #a9cbc4 and #a9afcb. Thus found on the left and right of #a9c0cb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Opal and Logan colors as they work well with Winter Sky.
The split-complementary Winter Sky palette consists of #cbc4a9 and #cba9af colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cbb3a9). Try Thistle Green and Clam Shell colors in combination with #a9c0cb, 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 #a9c0cb 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 Winter Sky. Thus Coriander and Lily giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Winter Sky contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Clam Shell, London Hue, and Spring Rain split by 90° on the color wheel. #a9c0cb 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. Winter Sky tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#cbb3a9) and two others. The Lily is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spring Rain – 120° from the complementary Clam Shell. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cba9bf and #a9cbb3.
In a RGB color space, hex #a9c0cb is made of 30% red, 34% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Winter Sky has a hue angle of 199.41°, a saturation of 24.64% and a lightness of 72.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a9c0cb is made of 13.34% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black ink.
| HEX | #a9c0cb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(169,192,203) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 34%, 36% |
| CMYK | 13.34, 4.32, 0, 20.39 |
| HSL | hsl(199.41,24.64%,72.94%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(199.41,16.75%,79.61%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.3423,-5.4883,-8.16) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.9913,50.4461,63.813) |