Cold Front Green Color

#85b3b2

Cold Front 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 #7a4c4d
Complementary Color #b38586
Color Shade: warm cyan (178.7° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 61.18% (better contrasting with white)
Cold Front Green Color Sample
Cold Front Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #85b3b2

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cold Front Green Color. The Cathedral Glass 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 soft alternative called Morning Parlor (#acc0bd) for more calm effect. Try Pale Verdigris as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b38586 is the best complementary color to Cold Front 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 #85b3b2 complementary color is Brandy 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 Gulf Stream are #85b39b and #859db3. Thus found on the left and right of #85b3b2 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Acapulco and Bali Hai colors as they work well with Cold Front Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cold Front Green palette consists of #b39b85 and #b3859d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b38586). Try Mongoose and Bouquet colors in combination with #85b3b2, 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 #85b3b2 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 Cold Front Green. Thus Swamp Green and Lavender Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cold Front Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Brandy Rose, Lavender Purple, and Swamp Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #85b3b2 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. Cold Front Green tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#b38586) and two others. The Lavender Purple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bay Leaf – 120° from the complementary Brandy Rose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b185b3 and #86b385.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #85b3b2 is made of 27% red, 37% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Cold Front Green has a hue angle of 178.7°, a saturation of 23.23% and a lightness of 61.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #85b3b2 is made of 18.04% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.4% yellow and 29.8% black ink.

HEX #85b3b2
RGB Decimal rgb(133,179,178)
RGB Percentage 27%, 37%, 36%
CMYK 18.04, 0, 0.4, 29.8
HSL hsl(178.7,23.23%,61.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(178.7,25.7%,70.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.7826,-15.4129,-4.4643)
XYZ xyz(33.8288,40.4411,48.1424)
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