Watery is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta
| Inverse Color | #514244 |
| Complementary Color | #bdaeb0 |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (172° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 71.18% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Watery Color. The Jitterbug Lure color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Shallow Water Ground (#8caeac) for more energetic effect. Try Grey River Rock as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#bdaeb0 is the best complementary color to Watery. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #aebdbb complementary color is Pink Swan, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Tower Gray are #aebdb3 and #aeb7bd. Thus found on the left and right of #aebdbb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Powder Ash and Hit Gray colors as they work well with Watery.
The split-complementary Watery palette consists of #bdb3ae and #bdaeb7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bdaeb0). Try Tide and Pink Swan colors in combination with #aebdbb, 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 #aebdbb offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Watery. Thus Tea and Chatelle giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Watery contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pink Swan, Chatelle, and Green Spring split by 90° on the color wheel. #aebdbb square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Watery tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#bdaeb0) and two others. The Chatelle is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green Spring – 120° from the complementary Pink Swan. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bbaebd and #b0bdae.
In a RGB color space, hex #aebdbb is made of 32% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Watery has a hue angle of 172°, a saturation of 10.2% and a lightness of 71.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aebdbb is made of 5.88% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.79% yellow and 25.88% black ink.
| HEX | #aebdbb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(174,189,187) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 34%, 34% |
| CMYK | 5.88, 0, 0.79, 25.88 |
| HSL | hsl(172,10.2%,71.18%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(172,7.94%,74.12%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.44,-5.5318,-0.7683) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.6228,48.9817,54.1163) |