Soft Sky is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or mid red
| Inverse Color | #4a4a34 |
| Complementary Color | #cbcbb5 |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (240° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 75.29% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Soft Sky Color. The Ash Tree Bark color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Purple Veil (#d3d5e0) for more calm effect. Try Light Pensive as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#cbcbb5 is the best complementary color to Soft Sky. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b5b5cb complementary color is Foggy Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Gray Suit are #b5c0cb and #c0b5cb. Thus found on the left and right of #b5b5cb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Heather and Chatelle colors as they work well with Soft Sky.
The split-complementary Soft Sky palette consists of #c0cbb5 and #cbc0b5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cbcbb5). Try Clay Ash and Silver Rust colors in combination with #b5b5cb, 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 #b5b5cb offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Soft Sky. Thus Spring Rain and Cold Turkey giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Soft Sky contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Foggy Gray, Lily, and Powder Ash split by 90° on the color wheel. #b5b5cb square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Soft Sky tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#cbcbb5) and two others. The Cold Turkey is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Submarine – 120° from the complementary Foggy Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cbb5b5 and #b5cbcb.
In a RGB color space, hex #b5b5cb is made of 32% red, 32% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Soft Sky has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 17.46% and a lightness of 75.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b5b5cb is made of 8.63% cyan, 8.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black ink.
| HEX | #b5b5cb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(181,181,203) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 32%, 36% |
| CMYK | 8.63, 8.63, 0, 20.39 |
| HSL | hsl(240,17.46%,75.29%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(240,10.84%,79.61%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.3069,4.3295,-11.0998) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.3594,47.1833,63.1638) |