Babbling Brook Color

#becfcd

Babbling Brook is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #413032
Complementary Color #cfbec0
Color Shade: warm cyan (172.94° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 77.84% (better contrasting with black)
Babbling Brook Color Sample
Babbling Brook Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #becfcd

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Babbling Brook Color. The Cascade Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Flint Smoke (#a8b2b1) for more calm effect. Try Bleu Nattier as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#cfbec0 is the best complementary color to Babbling Brook. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #becfcd complementary color is Cold Turkey, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Tiara are #becfc4 and #bec8cf. Thus found on the left and right of #becfcd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Powder Ash and Loblolly colors as they work well with Babbling Brook.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Babbling Brook palette consists of #cfc4be and #cfbec8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cfbec0). Try Silver Rust and Maverick colors in combination with #becfcd, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #becfcd 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 Babbling Brook. Thus Foggy Gray and Chatelle giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Babbling Brook contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cold Turkey, Gray Suit, and Clay Ash split by 90° on the color wheel. #becfcd square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Babbling Brook tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#cfbec0) and two others. The Chatelle is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Clay Ash – 120° from the complementary Cold Turkey. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cdbecf and #c0cfbe.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #becfcd is made of 32% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Babbling Brook has a hue angle of 172.94°, a saturation of 15.04% and a lightness of 77.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #becfcd is made of 6.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.79% yellow and 18.82% black ink.

HEX #becfcd
RGB Decimal rgb(190,207,205)
RGB Percentage 32%, 34%, 34%
CMYK 6.67, 0, 0.79, 18.82
HSL hsl(172.94,15.04%,77.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(172.94,8.21%,81.18%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.8276,-6.1095,-0.9846)
XYZ xyz(54.5675,59.9806,66.459)
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