Reduced Blue Color

#d6dfec

Reduced 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 #292013
Complementary Color #ece3d5
Color Shade: blue cyan (215.45° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 88.24% (better contrasting with black)
Reduced Blue Color Sample
Reduced Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d6dfec

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Reduced Blue Color. The Beautiful Dream 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 saturated alternative called Newman's Eye (#b2c7e1) for more energetic effect. Try Etherium Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ece3d5 is the best complementary color to Reduced 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 #d6dfec complementary color is White Rock, 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 Botticelli are #d5eaec and #d7d5ec. Thus found on the left and right of #d6dfec on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Botticelli and Snuff colors as they work well with Reduced Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Reduced Blue palette consists of #eaecd5 and #ecd8d5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ece3d5). Try White Rock and Bizarre colors in combination with #d6dfec, 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 #d6dfec 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 Reduced Blue. Thus Zanah and Melanie giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Reduced Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White Rock, Prim, and Zanah split by 90° on the color wheel. #d6dfec 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. Reduced Blue tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#ece3d5) and two others. The Melanie is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Swans Down – 120° from the complementary White Rock. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ecd5de and #d5ece3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d6dfec is made of 32% red, 33% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Reduced Blue has a hue angle of 215.45°, a saturation of 36.67% and a lightness of 88.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d6dfec is made of 8.63% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black ink.

HEX #d6dfec
RGB Decimal rgb(214,223,236)
RGB Percentage 32%, 33%, 35%
CMYK 8.63, 5.1, 0, 7.45
HSL hsl(215.45,36.67%,88.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(215.45,9.32%,92.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.5085,-0.5322,-7.3858)
XYZ xyz(69.2596,73.1276,89.8216)
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