Utah Sky Color

#aed1e8

Utah Sky is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #512e17
Complementary Color #e8c5ae
Color Shade: cool cyan (203.79° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 79.61% (better contrasting with black)
Utah Sky Color Sample
Utah Sky Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #aed1e8

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Utah Sky Color. The Cold Shoulder color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Sacred Blue (#97b9e0) for more calm effect. Try Spacious Skies as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e8c5ae is the best complementary color to Utah 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 #aed1e8 complementary color is Cashmere, 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 Spindle are #aee8e2 and #aeb4e8. Thus found on the left and right of #aed1e8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cruise and Biloba Flower colors as they work well with Utah Sky.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Utah Sky palette consists of #e8e2ae and #e8aeb3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e8c5ae). Try Raffia and Shilo colors in combination with #aed1e8, 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 #aed1e8 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 Utah Sky. Thus Caper and Kobi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Utah Sky contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cashmere, French Lilac, and Celadon split by 90° on the color wheel. #aed1e8 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. Utah Sky tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#e8c5ae) and two others. The Kobi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Padua – 120° from the complementary Cashmere. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e8aed1 and #aee8c5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #aed1e8 is made of 28% red, 34% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Utah Sky has a hue angle of 203.79°, a saturation of 55.77% and a lightness of 79.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #aed1e8 is made of 22.74% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black ink.

HEX #aed1e8
RGB Decimal rgb(174,209,232)
RGB Percentage 28%, 34%, 38%
CMYK 22.74, 9.02, 0, 9.02
HSL hsl(203.79,55.77%,79.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(203.79,25%,90.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(82.0691,-6.5063,-15.1552)
XYZ xyz(54.8215,60.4258,85.1179)
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