Calm Waters is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid red, cool yellow or cool magenta
| Inverse Color | #180505 |
| Complementary Color | #f9e7e7 |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (180° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 94.31% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Calm Waters Color. The Polar color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Let it Snow (#d8f1f4) for more calm effect. Try Windswept as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#f9e7e7 is the best complementary color to Calm Waters. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e7fafa complementary color is We Peep, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Polar are #e7f9f0 and #e7f0f9. Thus found on the left and right of #e7fafa on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Off Green and Link Water colors as they work well with Calm Waters.
The split-complementary Calm Waters palette consists of #f9f0e7 and #f9e7f0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#f9e7e7). Try Quarter Spanish White and Amour colors in combination with #e7fafa, 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 #e7fafa offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Calm Waters. Thus Rum Swizzle and Amour giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Calm Waters contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary We Peep, Moon Raker, and Frost split by 90° on the color wheel. #e7fafa square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, mid red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Calm Waters tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#f9e7e7) and two others. The Amour is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tara – 120° from the complementary We Peep. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #f9e7f9 and #e7f9e7.
In a RGB color space, hex #e7fafa is made of 32% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Calm Waters has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 65.52% and a lightness of 94.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e7fafa is made of 7.45% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black ink.
| HEX | #e7fafa |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(231,250,250) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 34%, 34% |
| CMYK | 7.45, 0, 0, 1.96 |
| HSL | hsl(180,65.52%,94.31%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(180,7.6%,98.04%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(96.9274,-6.1776,-2.1374) |
| XYZ | xyz(84.3959,92.2623,103.8027) |