Cosmic Ray Color

#cadada

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

Inverse Color #352525
Complementary Color #dacaca
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 82.35% (better contrasting with black)
Cosmic Ray Color Sample
Cosmic Ray Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cadada

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cosmic Ray Color. The Brooklet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Blue Spruce (#adc5c9) for more energetic effect. Try Baroque Chalk Soft Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#dacaca is the best complementary color to Cosmic Ray. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #cadada 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 Nebula are #cadad2 and #cad2da. Thus found on the left and right of #cadada on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Conch and Ghost colors as they work well with Cosmic Ray.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cosmic Ray palette consists of #dad2ca and #dacad2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dacaca). Try Swirl and Lola colors in combination with #cadada, 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 #cadada 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 Cosmic Ray. Thus Moon Mist and Lola giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cosmic Ray contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cold Turkey, Mischka, and Moon Mist split by 90° on the color wheel. #cadada square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, mid 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. Cosmic Ray tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#dacaca) and two others. The Lola is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tasman – 120° from the complementary Cold Turkey. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #dacada and #cadaca.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cadada is made of 32% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Cosmic Ray has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 17.78% and a lightness of 82.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cadada is made of 6.27% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black ink.

HEX #cadada
RGB Decimal rgb(202,218,218)
RGB Percentage 32%, 34%, 34%
CMYK 6.27, 0, 0, 14.51
HSL hsl(180,17.78%,82.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,7.34%,85.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.887,-5.3418,-1.8504)
XYZ xyz(62.0834,67.7613,76.1368)
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