Spacious Sky 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 | #514a38 |
| Complementary Color | #c7c0ae |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (223.2° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 73.14% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Spacious Sky Color. The Ash Tree Bark color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Light Starlight (#cbd0d7) for more calm effect. Try Light Slipper Satin as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#c7c0ae is the best complementary color to Spacious Sky. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #aeb5c7 complementary color is Bison Hide, 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 Cadet Blue are #aec1c7 and #b3aec7. Thus found on the left and right of #aeb5c7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tower Gray and Chatelle colors as they work well with Spacious Sky.
The split-complementary Spacious Sky palette consists of #c1c7ae and #c7b3ae colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c7c0ae). Try Clay Ash and Cold Turkey colors in combination with #aeb5c7, 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 #aeb5c7 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 Spacious Sky. Thus Rainee and Cold Turkey giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Spacious Sky contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bison Hide, Lily, and Spring Rain split by 90° on the color wheel. #aeb5c7 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. Spacious Sky tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#c7c0ae) and two others. The Cold Turkey is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Opal – 120° from the complementary Bison Hide. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c7aeb5 and #aec7c0.
In a RGB color space, hex #aeb5c7 is made of 31% red, 33% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Spacious Sky has a hue angle of 223.2°, a saturation of 18.25% and a lightness of 73.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aeb5c7 is made of 9.8% cyan, 7.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black ink.
| HEX | #aeb5c7 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(174,181,199) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 33%, 36% |
| CMYK | 9.8, 7.06, 0, 21.96 |
| HSL | hsl(223.2,18.25%,73.14%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(223.2,12.56%,78.04%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.6557,1.1855,-9.9438) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.2882,46.1699,60.6103) |