Glacial Green Color

#6fb7a8

Glacial Green is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #904857
Complementary Color #b76e7d
Color Shade: warm cyan (167.5° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 57.65% (better contrasting with white)
Glacial Green Color Sample
Glacial Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6fb7a8

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Glacial Green Color. The Agate Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Surf Wash (#87ceca) for more energetic effect. Try Derby Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b76e7d is the best complementary color to Glacial Green. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6fb7a8 complementary color is Turkish Rose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Tradewind are #6eb783 and #6ea2b7. Thus found on the left and right of #6fb7a8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silver Tree and Neptune colors as they work well with Glacial Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Glacial Green palette consists of #b7836e and #b76ea1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b76e7d). Try Teak and Tapestry colors in combination with #6fb7a8, 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 #6fb7a8 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 Glacial Green. Thus Gimblet and Wisteria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Glacial Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Turkish Rose, Wisteria, and Olivine split by 90° on the color wheel. #6fb7a8 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow 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. Glacial Green tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#b76e7d) and two others. The Wisteria is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fern – 120° from the complementary Turkish Rose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a76eb7 and #7db76e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6fb7a8 is made of 24% red, 40% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Glacial Green has a hue angle of 167.5°, a saturation of 33.33% and a lightness of 57.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6fb7a8 is made of 28.23% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.88% yellow and 28.24% black ink.

HEX #6fb7a8
RGB Decimal rgb(111,183,168)
RGB Percentage 24%, 40%, 36%
CMYK 28.23, 0, 5.88, 28.24
HSL hsl(167.5,33.33%,57.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(167.5,39.34%,71.76%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.5219,-26.1029,0.5235)
XYZ xyz(30.5569,40.0736,43.1703)
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