Whale's Mouth Color

#c7d3d5

Whale's Mouth 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 #382c2a
Complementary Color #d5c9c7
Color Shade: mid cyan (188.57° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 80.78% (better contrasting with black)
Whale's Mouth Color Sample
Whale's Mouth Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c7d3d5

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Whale's Mouth Color. The Alpine Haze color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Rain (#abbebf) for more calm effect. Try Lake Placid as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#d5c9c7 is the best complementary color to Whale's Mouth. 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 #c7d3d5 complementary color is Swirl, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Tiara are #c7d5d0 and #c7cbd5. Thus found on the left and right of #c7d3d5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Conch and Ghost colors as they work well with Whale's Mouth.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Whale's Mouth palette consists of #d5d0c7 and #d5c7cb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d5c9c7). Try Swirl and Cold Turkey colors in combination with #c7d3d5, 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 #c7d3d5 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 Whale's Mouth. Thus Celeste and Maverick giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Whale's Mouth contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Swirl, Gray Suit, and Tasman split by 90° on the color wheel. #c7d3d5 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow 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. Whale's Mouth tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#d5c9c7) and two others. The Maverick is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tasman – 120° from the complementary Swirl. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d5c7d3 and #c7d5c9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c7d3d5 is made of 32% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Whale's Mouth has a hue angle of 188.57°, a saturation of 14.29% and a lightness of 80.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c7d3d5 is made of 5.49% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black ink.

HEX #c7d3d5
RGB Decimal rgb(199,211,213)
RGB Percentage 32%, 34%, 34%
CMYK 5.49, 0.78, 0, 16.47
HSL hsl(188.57,14.29%,80.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(188.57,6.57%,83.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.7229,-3.6617,-2.3968)
XYZ xyz(58.8577,63.5347,72.1121)
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