Tropical Pool Color

#bfdeef

Tropical Pool 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 #402110
Complementary Color #efd0bf
Color Shade: cool cyan (201.25° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 84.31% (better contrasting with black)
Tropical Pool Color Sample
Tropical Pool Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bfdeef

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Tropical Pool Color. The Light Cornflower Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Orleans Tune (#97d5e7) for more energetic effect. Try Island Light as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#efd0bf is the best complementary color to Tropical Pool. 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 #bfdeef complementary color is Just Right, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Spindle are #bfefe8 and #bfc5ef. Thus found on the left and right of #bfdeef on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cruise and Spindle colors as they work well with Tropical Pool.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tropical Pool palette consists of #efe8bf and #efbfc5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#efd0bf). Try Mint Julep and Beauty Bush colors in combination with #bfdeef, 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 #bfdeef 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 Tropical Pool. Thus Caper and We Peep giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tropical Pool contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Just Right, French Lilac, and Tea Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #bfdeef square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green 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. Tropical Pool tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#efd0bf) and two others. The We Peep is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Madang – 120° from the complementary Just Right. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #efbfdd and #bfefd0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bfdeef is made of 29% red, 34% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Tropical Pool has a hue angle of 201.25°, a saturation of 60% and a lightness of 84.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bfdeef is made of 18.83% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black ink.

HEX #bfdeef
RGB Decimal rgb(191,222,239)
RGB Percentage 29%, 34%, 37%
CMYK 18.83, 6.67, 0, 6.27
HSL hsl(201.25,60%,84.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(201.25,20.08%,93.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.7761,-6.6187,-11.7095)
XYZ xyz(63.1871,69.5509,91.7557)
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