Let It Rain Color

#b6b8bd

Let It Rain 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 #494742
Complementary Color #bdbbb6
Color Shade: blue cyan (222.86° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 72.75% (better contrasting with white)
Let It Rain Color Sample
Let It Rain Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b6b8bd

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Let It Rain Color. The Vesper Violet color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Dame Dignity (#999ba8) for more energetic effect. Try Dusky Mood as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bdbbb6 is the best complementary color to Let It Rain. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b6b8bd complementary color is Cotton Seed, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Bombay are #b6bbbd and #b7b6bd. Thus found on the left and right of #b6b8bd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silver Sand and French Gray colors as they work well with Let It Rain.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Let It Rain palette consists of #bbbdb6 and #bdb7b6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bdbbb6). Try Gray Nickel and Nobel colors in combination with #b6b8bd, 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 #b6b8bd 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 Let It Rain. Thus Green Spring and Pink Swan giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Let It Rain contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cotton Seed, Pale Slate, and Pumice split by 90° on the color wheel. #b6b8bd square combo is a palette of blue cyan, warm 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. Let It Rain tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#bdbbb6) and two others. The Pink Swan is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Powder Ash – 120° from the complementary Cotton Seed. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bdb6b8 and #b6bdbb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b6b8bd is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Let It Rain has a hue angle of 222.86°, a saturation of 5.04% and a lightness of 72.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b6b8bd is made of 2.75% cyan, 1.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black ink.

HEX #b6b8bd
RGB Decimal rgb(182,184,189)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 34%
CMYK 2.75, 1.96, 0, 25.88
HSL hsl(222.86,5.04%,72.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(222.86,3.7%,74.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.7619,0.2562,-2.781)
XYZ xyz(45.6172,47.9002,54.9855)
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