City Lights 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 | #201915 |
| Complementary Color | #eae2de |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (201.82° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 89.61% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to City Lights Color. The Magical 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 Saltwater (#c2d0de) for more energetic effect. Try Ballad Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#eae2de is the best complementary color to City Lights. 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 #dfe6ea complementary color is Pearl Bush, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mystic are #deeae8 and #dee0ea. Thus found on the left and right of #dfe6ea on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mystic and Athens Gray colors as they work well with City Lights.
The split-complementary City Lights palette consists of #eae8de and #eadee0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#eae2de). Try Satin Linen and Ebb colors in combination with #dfe6ea, 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 #dfe6ea 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 City Lights. Thus Green White and Lola giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of City Lights contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pearl Bush, Snuff, and Green White split by 90° on the color wheel. #dfe6ea square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. City Lights tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#eae2de) and two others. The Lola is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gin – 120° from the complementary Pearl Bush. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #eadee5 and #deeae2.
In a RGB color space, hex #dfe6ea is made of 32% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode City Lights has a hue angle of 201.82°, a saturation of 20.75% and a lightness of 89.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dfe6ea is made of 4.31% cyan, 1.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black ink.
| HEX | #dfe6ea |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(223,230,234) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 33%, 34% |
| CMYK | 4.31, 1.56, 0, 8.24 |
| HSL | hsl(201.82,20.75%,89.61%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(201.82,4.7%,91.76%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.8812,-1.5923,-2.765) |
| XYZ | xyz(73.5795,78.2221,89.0622) |