Promise Keeping Color

#afc7e8

Promise Keeping 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 #503817
Complementary Color #e8cfaf
Color Shade: blue cyan (214.74° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 79.8% (better contrasting with white)
Promise Keeping Color Sample
Promise Keeping Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #afc7e8

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Promise Keeping Color. The Brisa De Mar 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 Weathered Blue (#d2e2f2) for more calm effect. Try Loyal as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e8cfaf is the best complementary color to Promise Keeping. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #afc7e8 complementary color is Raffia, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Spindle are #afe3e8 and #b3afe8. Thus found on the left and right of #afc7e8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Powder Blue and Biloba Flower colors as they work well with Promise Keeping.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Promise Keeping palette consists of #e3e8af and #e8b3af colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e8cfaf). Try Fall Green and Shilo colors in combination with #afc7e8, 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 #afc7e8 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 Promise Keeping. Thus Tea Green and Kobi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Promise Keeping contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Raffia, Light Orchid, and Chinook split by 90° on the color wheel. #afc7e8 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Promise Keeping tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#e8cfaf) and two others. The Kobi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Padua – 120° from the complementary Raffia. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e8afc7 and #afe8d0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #afc7e8 is made of 29% red, 33% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Promise Keeping has a hue angle of 214.74°, a saturation of 55.34% and a lightness of 79.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #afc7e8 is made of 22.35% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black ink.

HEX #afc7e8
RGB Decimal rgb(175,199,232)
RGB Percentage 29%, 33%, 38%
CMYK 22.35, 12.94, 0, 9.02
HSL hsl(214.74,55.34%,79.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(214.74,24.57%,90.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.4924,-0.9226,-19.0318)
XYZ xyz(52.6681,55.787,84.336)
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