Great Blue Heron 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 | #2a1f11 |
| Complementary Color | #ede3d5 |
| Color Shade: | blue cyan (213.6° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 88.43% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Great Blue Heron Color. The Featherbed color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Periwinkle Bud (#b4c4de) for more calm effect. Try Blue Veil as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#ede3d5 is the best complementary color to Great Blue Heron. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d5e0ee complementary color is Bizarre, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Periwinkle Gray are #d5eced and #d6d5ed. Thus found on the left and right of #d5e0ee on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Swans Down and Snuff colors as they work well with Great Blue Heron.
The split-complementary Great Blue Heron palette consists of #ecedd5 and #edd6d5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ede3d5). Try Aths Special and Oyster Pink colors in combination with #d5e0ee, 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 #d5e0ee 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 Great Blue Heron. Thus Zanah and Melanie giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Great Blue Heron contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bizarre, Prim, and Zanah split by 90° on the color wheel. #d5e0ee square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Great Blue Heron tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#ede3d5) and two others. The Melanie is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Swans Down – 120° from the complementary Bizarre. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #edd5df and #d5ede3.
In a RGB color space, hex #d5e0ee is made of 32% red, 33% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Great Blue Heron has a hue angle of 213.6°, a saturation of 42.37% and a lightness of 88.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d5e0ee is made of 9.8% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black ink.
| HEX | #d5e0ee |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(213,224,238) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 33%, 35% |
| CMYK | 9.8, 5.49, 0, 6.67 |
| HSL | hsl(213.6,42.37%,88.43%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(213.6,10.5%,93.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.7476,-0.98,-8.0912) |
| XYZ | xyz(69.5288,73.6305,91.4365) |