Silver Strand Color

#b8c7ce

Silver Strand is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #473831
Complementary Color #cdbfb8
Color Shade: cool cyan (199.09° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 76.47% (better contrasting with white)
Silver Strand Color Sample
Silver Strand Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b8c7ce

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Silver Strand Color. The Urban Pigeon color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Foggy Blue (#99aebb) for more energetic effect. Try Scribe as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#cdbfb8 is the best complementary color to Silver Strand. 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 #b8c7ce complementary color is Cold Turkey, 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 Loblolly are #b8cdca and #b8bbcd. Thus found on the left and right of #b8c7ce on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tiara and Heather colors as they work well with Silver Strand.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Silver Strand palette consists of #cdcab8 and #cdb8bb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cdbfb8). Try Foggy Gray and Cold Turkey colors in combination with #b8c7ce, 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 #b8c7ce 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 Silver Strand. Thus Clay Ash and Lily giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Silver Strand contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cold Turkey, Chatelle, and Pale Leaf split by 90° on the color wheel. #b8c7ce 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. Silver Strand tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#cdbfb8) and two others. The Lily is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Powder Ash – 120° from the complementary Cold Turkey. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cdb8c6 and #b8cdbf.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b8c7ce is made of 31% red, 34% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Silver Strand has a hue angle of 199.09°, a saturation of 18.33% and a lightness of 76.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b8c7ce is made of 8.62% cyan, 2.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black ink.

HEX #b8c7ce
RGB Decimal rgb(184,199,206)
RGB Percentage 31%, 34%, 35%
CMYK 8.62, 2.74, 0, 19.22
HSL hsl(199.09,18.33%,76.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(199.09,10.68%,80.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.3246,-3.7041,-5.2485)
XYZ xyz(51.3312,55.4934,66.3984)
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