Blue Me Away 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 | #362318 |
| Complementary Color | #e6d4c9 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (202° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 84.71% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Me Away Color. The Drip color for instance is a darker 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 Piezo Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#e6d4c9 is the best complementary color to Blue Me Away. 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 #c9dce7 complementary color is Bone, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
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 #c9e6e2 and #c9cde6. Thus found on the left and right of #c9dce7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Skeptic and Periwinkle Gray colors as they work well with Blue Me Away.
The split-complementary Blue Me Away palette consists of #e6e2c9 and #e6c9cd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e6d4c9). Try White Rock and Oyster Pink colors in combination with #c9dce7, 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 #c9dce7 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 Blue Me Away. Thus Kidnapper and Melanie giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Blue Me Away contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bone, Snuff, and Zanah split by 90° on the color wheel. #c9dce7 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Blue Me Away tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#e6d4c9) 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 #e6c9db and #c9e6d3.
In a RGB color space, hex #c9dce7 is made of 31% red, 34% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Me Away has a hue angle of 202°, a saturation of 38.46% and a lightness of 84.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c9dce7 is made of 11.77% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black ink.
| HEX | #c9dce7 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(201,220,231) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 34%, 35% |
| CMYK | 11.77, 4.32, 0, 9.41 |
| HSL | hsl(202,38.46%,84.71%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(202,12.99%,90.59%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.6886,-4.14,-7.5471) |
| XYZ | xyz(64.1044,69.3734,85.6131) |