Cruise Color

#b4e2d5

Cruise is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet

Inverse Color #4b1d2a
Complementary Color #e2b4c1
Color Shade: green cyan (163.04° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 79.61% (better contrasting with black)
Cruise Color Sample
Cruise Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b4e2d5

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cruise Color. The Green Jewel color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called White Ice (#d7eee4) for more calm effect. Try Light Spirited as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e2b4c1 is the best complementary color to Cruise. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b4e2d5 complementary color is Cavern Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Jagged Ice are #b4e2be and #b4d8e2. Thus found on the left and right of #b4e2d5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fringy Flower and Ziggurat colors as they work well with Cruise.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cruise palette consists of #e2beb4 and #e2b4d8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e2b4c1). Try Cavern Pink and Melanie colors in combination with #b4e2d5, 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 #b4e2d5 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cruise. Thus Grain Brown and Prelude giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cruise contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cavern Pink, Prelude, and Beryl Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #b4e2d5 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid yellow 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. Cruise tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#e2b4c1) and two others. The Prelude is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Moss Green – 120° from the complementary Cavern Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d4b4e2 and #c1e2b4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b4e2d5 is made of 29% red, 37% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Cruise has a hue angle of 163.04°, a saturation of 44.23% and a lightness of 79.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b4e2d5 is made of 18.04% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.1% yellow and 11.37% black ink.

HEX #b4e2d5
RGB Decimal rgb(180,226,213)
RGB Percentage 29%, 37%, 34%
CMYK 18.04, 0, 5.1, 11.37
HSL hsl(163.04,44.23%,79.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(163.04,20.35%,88.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.4546,-17.4455,1.4475)
XYZ xyz(58.029,68.9001,73.1914)
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