Salty Tears 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 | #45352b |
| Complementary Color | #d3c4ba |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (203.08° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 78.04% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Salty Tears Color. The Bright Star color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Cold Light (#dde3e6) for more calm effect. Try Sydney Harbour as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#d3c4ba is the best complementary color to Salty Tears. 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 #bacad4 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 Heather are #bad3d1 and #babcd3. Thus found on the left and right of #bacad4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jet Stream and Blue Haze colors as they work well with Salty Tears.
The split-complementary Salty Tears palette consists of #d3d1ba and #d3babc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d3c4ba). Try Sisal and Cold Turkey colors in combination with #bacad4, 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 #bacad4 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 Salty Tears. Thus Coriander and Maverick giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Salty Tears contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Soft Amber, London Hue, and Pale Leaf split by 90° on the color wheel. #bacad4 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. Salty Tears tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#d3c4ba) and two others. The Maverick is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gum Leaf – 120° from the complementary Soft Amber. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d3baca and #bad3c4.
In a RGB color space, hex #bacad4 is made of 31% red, 34% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Salty Tears has a hue angle of 203.08°, a saturation of 23.21% and a lightness of 78.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bacad4 is made of 10.2% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black ink.
| HEX | #bacad4 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(186,202,212) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 34%, 35% |
| CMYK | 10.2, 3.92, 0, 16.86 |
| HSL | hsl(203.08,23.21%,78.04%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(203.08,12.26%,83.14%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.4229,-3.4162,-6.8319) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.2539,57.4336,70.5664) |