Ancient Ice is calm, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta
| Inverse Color | #8c0200 |
| Complementary Color | #ff7572 |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (180.86° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 72.55% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Ancient Ice Color. The Robin's Egg color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Defense Matrix (#88ffee) for more calm effect. Try Icy Life as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ff7572 is the best complementary color to Ancient Ice. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #73fdff complementary color is Bittersweet, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Aquamarine are #72ffbb and #72b6ff. Thus found on the left and right of #73fdff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Aquamarine and Malibu colors as they work well with Ancient Ice.
The split-complementary Ancient Ice palette consists of #ffbb72 and #ff72b6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ff7572). Try Macaroni and Cheese and Hot Pink colors in combination with #73fdff, 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 #73fdff offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Ancient Ice. Thus Paris Daisy and Blush Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Ancient Ice contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bittersweet, Heliotrope, and Reef split by 90° on the color wheel. #73fdff square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Ancient Ice tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#ff7572) and two others. The Blush Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Screamin' Green – 120° from the complementary Bittersweet. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ff72fc and #72ff75.
In a RGB color space, hex #73fdff is made of 18% red, 41% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Ancient Ice has a hue angle of 180.86°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 72.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #73fdff is made of 54.9% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #73fdff |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(115,253,255) |
| RGB Percentage | 18%, 41%, 41% |
| CMYK | 54.9, 0.78, 0, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(180.86,100%,72.55%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(180.86,54.9%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(92.183,-36.8039,-12.3732) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.2455,81.1154,107.0893) |