Windy Blue Color

#aabac6

Windy Blue 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 #554539
Complementary Color #c6b6aa
Color Shade: cool cyan (205.71° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 72.16% (better contrasting with white)
Windy Blue Color Sample
Windy Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aabac6

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Windy Blue Color. The Sell Out 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 Canary Wharf (#91a1b5) for more calm effect. Try Frills as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c6b6aa is the best complementary color to Windy Blue. 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 #aabac6 complementary color is Bison Hide, 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 Cadet Blue are #aac6c4 and #aaabc6. Thus found on the left and right of #aabac6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Opal and Cadet Blue colors as they work well with Windy Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Windy Blue palette consists of #c6c4aa and #c6aaab colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c6b6aa). Try Foggy Gray and Cold Turkey colors in combination with #aabac6, 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 #aabac6 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 Windy Blue. Thus Rainee and Lily giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Windy Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bison Hide, London Hue, and Spring Rain split by 90° on the color wheel. #aabac6 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. Windy Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#c6b6aa) and two others. The Lily is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Spring Rain – 120° from the complementary Bison Hide. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c6aab9 and #aac6b6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aabac6 is made of 31% red, 34% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Windy Blue has a hue angle of 205.71°, a saturation of 19.72% and a lightness of 72.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aabac6 is made of 10.98% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.35% black ink.

HEX #aabac6
RGB Decimal rgb(170,186,198)
RGB Percentage 31%, 34%, 36%
CMYK 10.98, 4.71, 0, 22.35
HSL hsl(205.71,19.72%,72.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(205.71,14.14%,77.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.6613,-3.0289,-7.9329)
XYZ xyz(44.3295,47.7411,60.3046)
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