Mabel Color

#cbe8e8

Mabel 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 #341717
Complementary Color #e8caca
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 85.29% (better contrasting with black)
Mabel Color Sample
Mabel Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cbe8e8

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Mabel Color. The Rapture Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Aijiro White (#ecf7f7) for more energetic effect. Try Indigo White as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e8caca is the best complementary color to Mabel. 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 #cbe8e8 complementary color is Oyster Pink, 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 Botticelli are #cae8d9 and #cad9e8. Thus found on the left and right of #cbe8e8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Skeptic and Botticelli colors as they work well with Mabel.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mabel palette consists of #e8d9ca and #e8cad9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e8caca). Try Bone and Melanie colors in combination with #cbe8e8, 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 #cbe8e8 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 Mabel. Thus Aths Special and Melanie giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mabel contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oyster Pink, Prelude, and Kidnapper split by 90° on the color wheel. #cbe8e8 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. Mabel tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#e8caca) and two others. The Melanie is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Zanah – 120° from the complementary Oyster Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e8cae8 and #cae8ca.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cbe8e8 is made of 30% red, 35% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Mabel has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 38.67% and a lightness of 85.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cbe8e8 is made of 11.37% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black ink.

HEX #cbe8e8
RGB Decimal rgb(203,232,232)
RGB Percentage 30%, 35%, 35%
CMYK 11.37, 0, 0, 9.02
HSL hsl(180,38.67%,85.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,12.5%,90.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(89.9688,-9.4594,-3.2184)
XYZ xyz(68.0507,76.2359,87.4723)
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