Sea Breeze Green Color

#c9d9e7

Sea Breeze Green 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 #362618
Complementary Color #e6d7c9
Color Shade: cool cyan (208° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 84.71% (better contrasting with black)
Sea Breeze Green Color Sample
Sea Breeze Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c9d9e7

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sea Breeze Green Color. The Powder White color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Mr Frosty (#a3c5db) for more energetic effect. Try Metal Gear as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e6d7c9 is the best complementary color to Sea Breeze Green. 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 #c9d9e7 complementary color is Bone, 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 Botticelli are #c9e6e5 and #c9cae6. Thus found on the left and right of #c9d9e7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Botticelli and Periwinkle Gray colors as they work well with Sea Breeze Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sea Breeze Green palette consists of #e6e5c9 and #e6c9ca colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e6d7c9). Try White Rock and Dust Storm colors in combination with #c9d9e7, 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 #c9d9e7 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 Sea Breeze Green. Thus Kidnapper and Melanie giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sea Breeze Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bone, Snuff, and Zanah split by 90° on the color wheel. #c9d9e7 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. Sea Breeze Green tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#e6d7c9) and two others. The Melanie is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Skeptic – 120° from the complementary Bone. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e6c9d9 and #c9e6d7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c9d9e7 is made of 31% red, 33% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Sea Breeze Green has a hue angle of 208°, a saturation of 38.46% and a lightness of 84.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c9d9e7 is made of 11.77% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black ink.

HEX #c9d9e7
RGB Decimal rgb(201,217,231)
RGB Percentage 31%, 33%, 36%
CMYK 11.77, 5.49, 0, 9.41
HSL hsl(208,38.46%,84.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(208,12.99%,90.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.9127,-2.5821,-8.6977)
XYZ xyz(63.3241,67.8127,85.3529)
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