Fair Aqua Color

#b8e2dc

Fair Aqua is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #471d23
Complementary Color #e2b8bd
Color Shade: warm cyan (171.43° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 80.39% (better contrasting with black)
Fair Aqua Color Sample
Fair Aqua Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b8e2dc

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Fair Aqua Color. The Blue Green Rules color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Swans Down (#dcf0ea) for more calm effect. Try Supernova Residues as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e2b8bd is the best complementary color to Fair Aqua. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b8e2dc complementary color is Cavern Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Jagged Ice are #b8e2c7 and #b8d3e2. Thus found on the left and right of #b8e2dc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fringy Flower and Ziggurat colors as they work well with Fair Aqua.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fair Aqua palette consists of #e2c7b8 and #e2b8d3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e2b8bd). Try Bone and Melanie colors in combination with #b8e2dc, 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 #b8e2dc offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Fair Aqua. Thus Stark White and Prelude giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fair Aqua contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cavern Pink, Prelude, and Beryl Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #b8e2dc square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow 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. Fair Aqua tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#e2b8bd) and two others. The Prelude is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Moss Green – 120° from the complementary Cavern Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #dcb8e2 and #bde2b8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b8e2dc is made of 29% red, 36% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Fair Aqua has a hue angle of 171.43°, a saturation of 42% and a lightness of 80.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b8e2dc is made of 16.47% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.36% yellow and 11.37% black ink.

HEX #b8e2dc
RGB Decimal rgb(184,226,220)
RGB Percentage 29%, 36%, 35%
CMYK 16.47, 0, 2.36, 11.37
HSL hsl(171.43,42%,80.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(171.43,18.58%,88.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.8743,-14.7875,-1.5977)
XYZ xyz(59.8818,69.7504,78.0172)
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