Light Sea Breeze Color

#b7cdd9

Light Sea Breeze 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 #483226
Complementary Color #d8c3b7
Color Shade: cool cyan (201.18° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 78.43% (better contrasting with black)
Light Sea Breeze Color Sample
Light Sea Breeze Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b7cdd9

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Light Sea Breeze Color. The Airy 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 saturated alternative called Porcelain Blue (#95c0cb) for more energetic effect. Try Blue Chalk as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#d8c3b7 is the best complementary color to Light Sea Breeze. 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 #b7cdd9 complementary color is Clam Shell, 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 Jungle Mist are #b7d8d3 and #b7bcd8. Thus found on the left and right of #b7cdd9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jet Stream and Lavender Gray colors as they work well with Light Sea Breeze.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Light Sea Breeze palette consists of #d8d3b7 and #d8b7bc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d8c3b7). Try Tana and Blossom colors in combination with #b7cdd9, 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 #b7cdd9 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 Light Sea Breeze. Thus Green Mist and Thistle giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Light Sea Breeze contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Clam Shell, Lavender Gray, and Pixie Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #b7cdd9 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. Light Sea Breeze tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#d8c3b7) and two others. The Thistle is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Surf – 120° from the complementary Clam Shell. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d8b7cd and #b7d8c3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b7cdd9 is made of 30% red, 34% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Light Sea Breeze has a hue angle of 201.18°, a saturation of 30.91% and a lightness of 78.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b7cdd9 is made of 13.34% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black ink.

HEX #b7cdd9
RGB Decimal rgb(183,205,217)
RGB Percentage 30%, 34%, 36%
CMYK 13.34, 4.71, 0, 14.9
HSL hsl(201.18,30.91%,78.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(201.18,15.67%,85.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.1483,-4.9232,-8.4577)
XYZ xyz(53.8841,58.7397,74.1435)
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