Salty Vapour 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 | #34211c |
| Complementary Color | #e2cfcb |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (192.5° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 84.31% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Salty Vapour Color. The Aqua Frost color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Light Jellyfish Blue (#acd6db) for more energetic effect. Try Drip as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#e2cfcb is the best complementary color to Salty Vapour. 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 #cbdee3 complementary color is Wafer, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Botticelli are #cbe2db and #cbd2e2. Thus found on the left and right of #cbdee3 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Edgewater and Blue Haze colors as they work well with Salty Vapour.
The split-complementary Salty Vapour palette consists of #e2dbcb and #e2cbd2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e2cfcb). Try Pearl Bush and Twilight colors in combination with #cbdee3, 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 #cbdee3 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 Salty Vapour. Thus Tana and Twilight giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Salty Vapour contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wafer, Snuff, and Surf Crest split by 90° on the color wheel. #cbdee3 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Salty Vapour tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#e2cfcb) and two others. The Twilight is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Surf Crest – 120° from the complementary Wafer. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e2cbdd and #cbe2cf.
In a RGB color space, hex #cbdee3 is made of 31% red, 34% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Salty Vapour has a hue angle of 192.5°, a saturation of 30% and a lightness of 84.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cbdee3 is made of 9.41% cyan, 1.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.98% black ink.
| HEX | #cbdee3 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(203,222,227) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 34%, 35% |
| CMYK | 9.41, 1.96, 0, 10.98 |
| HSL | hsl(192.5,30%,84.31%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(192.5,10.57%,89.02%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.2342,-5.3307,-4.6152) |
| XYZ | xyz(64.615,70.4851,82.8725) |