Tender Waves is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta
| Inverse Color | #452420 |
| Complementary Color | #dfbeba |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (186.49° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 80.2% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Tender Waves Color. The White Sea color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Sidewalk Chalk Blue (#dbe9ed) for more calm effect. Try Blue Flax as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#dfbeba is the best complementary color to Tender Waves. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #badbdf complementary color is Cavern Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Ziggurat are #badfd0 and #bac8df. Thus found on the left and right of #badbdf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Edgewater and Pigeon Post colors as they work well with Tender Waves.
The split-complementary Tender Waves palette consists of #dfd0ba and #dfbac8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dfbeba). Try Bone and Pink Flare colors in combination with #badbdf, 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 #badbdf offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Tender Waves. Thus Beryl Green and Melanie giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Tender Waves contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cavern Pink, Prelude, and Sprout split by 90° on the color wheel. #badbdf square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Tender Waves tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#dfbeba) and two others. The Melanie 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 #dfbadb and #badfbe.
In a RGB color space, hex #badbdf is made of 30% red, 35% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Tender Waves has a hue angle of 186.49°, a saturation of 36.63% and a lightness of 80.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #badbdf is made of 14.51% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black ink.
| HEX | #badbdf |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(186,219,223) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 35%, 36% |
| CMYK | 14.51, 1.57, 0, 12.55 |
| HSL | hsl(186.49,36.63%,80.2%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(186.49,16.59%,87.45%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.2152,-9.9906,-5.6075) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.9005,66.4299,79.5299) |