Maritime is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta
| Inverse Color | #423015 |
| Complementary Color | #ead8bc |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (216° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 82.94% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Maritime Color. The Toile Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Myrtle Flower (#9eb3de) for more calm effect. Try St. Petersburg as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ead8bc is the best complementary color to Maritime. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bdcfea complementary color is Raffia, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Spindle are #bce5ea and #c1bcea. Thus found on the left and right of #bdcfea on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Powder Blue and Prelude colors as they work well with Maritime.
The split-complementary Maritime palette consists of #e5eabc and #eac1bc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ead8bc). Try Fall Green and Rose Fog colors in combination with #bdcfea, 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 #bdcfea offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Maritime. Thus Tea Green and Beauty Bush giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Maritime contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Raffia, Light Orchid, and Padua split by 90° on the color wheel. #bdcfea square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Maritime tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#ead8bc) and two others. The Beauty Bush is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cruise – 120° from the complementary Raffia. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #eabcce and #bcead8.
In a RGB color space, hex #bdcfea is made of 30% red, 33% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Maritime has a hue angle of 216°, a saturation of 51.72% and a lightness of 82.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bdcfea is made of 17.64% cyan, 10.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black ink.
| HEX | #bdcfea |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(189,207,234) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 33%, 37% |
| CMYK | 17.64, 10.58, 0, 8.24 |
| HSL | hsl(216,51.72%,82.94%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(216,19.23%,91.76%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.5853,-0.472,-15.3467) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.1504,61.385,86.6255) |