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) |
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.
#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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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) |