Duck's Egg Blue Color

#ccdfe8

Duck's Egg Blue 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 #332017
Complementary Color #e8d5cc
Color Shade: cool cyan (199.29° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 85.49% (better contrasting with black)
Duck's Egg Blue Color Sample
Duck's Egg Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ccdfe8

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Duck's Egg Blue Color. The Caspian Tide color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Ridge Light (#b2c8dd) for more energetic effect. Try Wind Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e8d5cc is the best complementary color to Duck's Egg Blue. 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 #ccdfe8 complementary color is Oyster Pink, 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 #cce8e3 and #ccd1e8. Thus found on the left and right of #ccdfe8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Skeptic and Periwinkle Gray colors as they work well with Duck's Egg Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Duck's Egg Blue palette consists of #e8e3cc and #e8ccd1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e8d5cc). Try White Rock and Oyster Pink colors in combination with #ccdfe8, 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 #ccdfe8 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 Duck's Egg Blue. Thus Kidnapper and Melanie giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Duck's Egg Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oyster Pink, Snuff, and Zanah split by 90° on the color wheel. #ccdfe8 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. Duck's Egg Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#e8d5cc) and two others. The Melanie is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Skeptic – 120° from the complementary Oyster Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e8ccde and #cce8d5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ccdfe8 is made of 31% red, 34% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Duck's Egg Blue has a hue angle of 199.29°, a saturation of 37.84% and a lightness of 85.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ccdfe8 is made of 10.98% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black ink.

HEX #ccdfe8
RGB Decimal rgb(204,223,232)
RGB Percentage 31%, 34%, 35%
CMYK 10.98, 3.53, 0, 9.02
HSL hsl(199.29,37.84%,85.49%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(199.29,12.07%,90.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(87.6978,-4.5343,-6.558)
XYZ xyz(65.855,71.4389,86.6621)
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