Powder Soft Blue 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 | #463628 |
| Complementary Color | #d7c7b9 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (208° 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 Powder Soft Blue Color. The Early Frost 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 soft alternative called Feather Soft Blue (#a2aebf) for more calm effect. Try Crystal Bay as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#d7c7b9 is the best complementary color to Powder Soft Blue. 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 #b9c9d7 complementary color is Soft Amber, 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 Casper are #b9d7d6 and #b9b9d7. Thus found on the left and right of #b9c9d7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jungle Mist and Lavender Gray colors as they work well with Powder Soft Blue.
The split-complementary Powder Soft Blue palette consists of #d7d6b9 and #d7b9b9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d7c7b9). Try Tana and Clam Shell colors in combination with #b9c9d7, 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 #b9c9d7 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 Powder Soft Blue. Thus Pixie Green and Maverick giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Powder Soft Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Soft Amber, London Hue, and Surf split by 90° on the color wheel. #b9c9d7 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. Powder Soft Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#d7c7b9) and two others. The Maverick is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Surf – 120° from the complementary Soft Amber. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d7b9c9 and #b9d7c7.
In a RGB color space, hex #b9c9d7 is made of 31% red, 33% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Powder Soft Blue has a hue angle of 208°, a saturation of 27.27% and a lightness of 78.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b9c9d7 is made of 11.76% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black ink.
| HEX | #b9c9d7 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(185,201,215) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 33%, 36% |
| CMYK | 11.76, 5.49, 0, 15.69 |
| HSL | hsl(208,27.27%,78.43%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(208,13.95%,84.31%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.1761,-2.5952,-8.8152) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.16,56.9939,72.4891) |