Diamond Blue Color

#cfe4ee

Diamond 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 #301b11
Complementary Color #eed9cf
Color Shade: cool cyan (199.35° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 87.25% (better contrasting with black)
Diamond Blue Color Sample
Diamond Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cfe4ee

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Diamond Blue Color. The Morality 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 Light Washed Blue (#acdce7) for more energetic effect. Try Wind Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#eed9cf is the best complementary color to Diamond 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 #cfe4ee complementary color is Pot Pourri, 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 Jagged Ice are #cfeee8 and #cfd4ee. Thus found on the left and right of #cfe4ee on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jagged Ice and Periwinkle Gray colors as they work well with Diamond Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Diamond Blue palette consists of #eee8cf and #eecfd4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#eed9cf). Try Aths Special and Vanilla Ice colors in combination with #cfe4ee, 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 #cfe4ee 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 Diamond Blue. Thus Chrome White and Vanilla Ice giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Diamond Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pot Pourri, French Lilac, and Peppermint split by 90° on the color wheel. #cfe4ee 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. Diamond Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#eed9cf) and two others. The Vanilla Ice is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Frostee – 120° from the complementary Pot Pourri. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #eecfe3 and #cfeed9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cfe4ee is made of 31% red, 34% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Diamond Blue has a hue angle of 199.35°, a saturation of 47.69% and a lightness of 87.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cfe4ee is made of 12.15% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #cfe4ee
RGB Decimal rgb(207,228,238)
RGB Percentage 31%, 34%, 35%
CMYK 12.15, 3.92, 0, 6.67
HSL hsl(199.35,47.69%,87.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(199.35,13.03%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(89.358,-4.9557,-7.2329)
XYZ xyz(68.9081,74.9252,91.7191)
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