Hawkes Blue Color

#d4e2fc

Hawkes Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #2b1d03
Complementary Color #fceed4
Color Shade: blue cyan (219° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 90.98% (better contrasting with black)
Hawkes Blue Color Sample
Hawkes Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d4e2fc

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Hawkes Blue Color. The Icy Plains color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Tropical Blue (#c3ddf9) for more calm effect. Try Oh Boy! as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#fceed4 is the best complementary color to Hawkes Blue. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d4e2fc complementary color is Double Pearl Lusta, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Hawkes Blue are #d4f6fc and #dad4fc. Thus found on the left and right of #d4e2fc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Foam and Hawkes Blue colors as they work well with Hawkes Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Hawkes Blue palette consists of #f6fcd4 and #fcdad4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fceed4). Try Orinoco and Cinderella colors in combination with #d4e2fc, 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 #d4e2fc offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Hawkes Blue. Thus Orinoco and Pig Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Hawkes Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Double Pearl Lusta, Classic Rose, and Snowy Mint split by 90° on the color wheel. #d4e2fc square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Hawkes Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#fceed4) and two others. The Pig Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Foam – 120° from the complementary Double Pearl Lusta. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fcd4e2 and #d4fcee.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d4e2fc is made of 31% red, 33% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Hawkes Blue has a hue angle of 219°, a saturation of 86.96% and a lightness of 90.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d4e2fc is made of 15.68% cyan, 10.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black ink.

HEX #d4e2fc
RGB Decimal rgb(212,226,252)
RGB Percentage 31%, 33%, 37%
CMYK 15.68, 10.19, 0, 1.18
HSL hsl(219,86.96%,90.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(219,15.87%,98.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(89.5884,0.4986,-14.1944)
XYZ xyz(71.9184,75.418,102.8621)
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