Ocean Air Color

#dae4ed

Ocean Air 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 #251b12
Complementary Color #ece2da
Color Shade: cool cyan (208.42° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 89.22% (better contrasting with black)
Ocean Air Color Sample
Ocean Air Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dae4ed

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Ocean Air Color. The Delicate Ice 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 Tender Twilight (#b7cfe2) for more energetic effect. Try Mystic River as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#ece2da is the best complementary color to Ocean Air. 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 #dae4ed complementary color is Pearl Bush, 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 #daecec and #dadaec. Thus found on the left and right of #dae4ed on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Aqua Haze and Snuff colors as they work well with Ocean Air.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ocean Air palette consists of #ececda and #ecdada colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ece2da). Try White Rock and Bizarre colors in combination with #dae4ed, 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 #dae4ed 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 Ocean Air. Thus Kidnapper and Prim giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ocean Air contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pearl Bush, Prim, and Willow Brook split by 90° on the color wheel. #dae4ed 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. Ocean Air tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ece2da) and two others. The Prim is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Harp – 120° from the complementary Pearl Bush. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ecdae4 and #daece3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dae4ed is made of 32% red, 33% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Ocean Air has a hue angle of 208.42°, a saturation of 34.55% and a lightness of 89.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dae4ed is made of 7.45% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black ink.

HEX #dae4ed
RGB Decimal rgb(218,228,237)
RGB Percentage 32%, 33%, 35%
CMYK 7.45, 3.53, 0, 7.06
HSL hsl(208.42,34.55%,89.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(208.42,8.02%,92.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(90.0941,-1.6291,-5.5353)
XYZ xyz(71.9429,76.5067,91.0962)
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