Flowing Breeze is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, warm green or warm magenta
| Inverse Color | #463934 |
| Complementary Color | #cbbdb9 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (196.67° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 76.08% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Flowing Breeze Color. The Spring Thaw 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 Rainy Sidewalk (#9bafbb) for more energetic effect. Try Cloudless Day as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#cbbdb9 is the best complementary color to Flowing Breeze. Mid red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b9c6cb complementary color is Silver Rust, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Loblolly are #b9cbc6 and #b9bdcb. Thus found on the left and right of #b9c6cb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Powder Ash and Ghost colors as they work well with Flowing Breeze.
The split-complementary Flowing Breeze palette consists of #cbc6b9 and #cbb9bd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cbbdb9). Try Ash and Cold Turkey colors in combination with #b9c6cb, 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 #b9c6cb 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 Flowing Breeze. Thus Clay Ash and Lily giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Flowing Breeze contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Silver Rust, Chatelle, and Clay Ash split by 90° on the color wheel. #b9c6cb square combo is a palette of cool cyan, violet, mid 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. Flowing Breeze tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#cbbdb9) and two others. The Lily is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Powder Ash – 120° from the complementary Silver Rust. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cbb9c5 and #b9cbbd.
In a RGB color space, hex #b9c6cb is made of 32% red, 34% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Flowing Breeze has a hue angle of 196.67°, a saturation of 14.75% and a lightness of 76.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b9c6cb is made of 7.06% cyan, 1.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black ink.
| HEX | #b9c6cb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(185,198,203) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 34%, 35% |
| CMYK | 7.06, 1.96, 0, 20.39 |
| HSL | hsl(196.67,14.75%,76.08%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(196.67,8.87%,79.61%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.0495,-3.4456,-4.0316) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.9812,55.0143,64.4317) |