Young Cornflower is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid red, cool yellow or cool magenta
| Inverse Color | #400 |
| Complementary Color | #fbb |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (180° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 86.67% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Young Cornflower Color. The Photon Projector color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Light Cyan (#e0ffff) for more calm effect. Try Matterhorn Snow as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#fbb is the best complementary color to Young Cornflower. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bff complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #bfd and #bbdcff. Thus found on the left and right of #bff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and French Pass colors as they work well with Young Cornflower.
The split-complementary Young Cornflower palette consists of #fdb and #fbd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fbb). Try White and White colors in combination with #bff, 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 #bff 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 Young Cornflower. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Young Cornflower contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Mauve, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #bff square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, mid red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Young Cornflower tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#fbb) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fbf and #bfb.
In a RGB color space, hex #bbffff is made of 27% red, 37% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Young Cornflower has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 86.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bbffff is made of 26.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #bbffff |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(187,255,255) |
| RGB Percentage | 27%, 37%, 37% |
| CMYK | 26.67, 0, 0, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(180,100%,86.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(180,26.67%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(95.7077,-20.8953,-6.8148) |
| XYZ | xyz(74.3035,89.3048,107.9291) |