Blue Frosting Color

#86d2c1

Blue Frosting 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 #792d3e
Complementary Color #d28697
Color Shade: warm cyan (166.58° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 67.45% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Frosting Color Sample
Blue Frosting Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #86d2c1

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Frosting Color. The Spinnaker color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Jaded Clouds (#aeddd3) for more calm effect. Try Sinbad as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#d28697 is the best complementary color to Blue Frosting. 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 #86d2c1 complementary color is Can Can, 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 Monte Carlo are #86d29b and #86bdd2. Thus found on the left and right of #86d2c1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vista Blue and Half Baked colors as they work well with Blue Frosting.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Frosting palette consists of #d29b86 and #d286bd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d28697). Try My Pink and Can Can colors in combination with #86d2c1, 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 #86d2c1 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 Blue Frosting. Thus Straw and Light Wisteria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Frosting contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Can Can, Lilac Bush, and Pine Glade split by 90° on the color wheel. #86d2c1 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. Blue Frosting tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#d28697) and two others. The Light Wisteria is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Feijoa – 120° from the complementary Can Can. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c086d2 and #97d286.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #86d2c1 is made of 25% red, 39% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Frosting has a hue angle of 166.58°, a saturation of 45.78% and a lightness of 67.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #86d2c1 is made of 29.8% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.66% yellow and 17.65% black ink.

HEX #86d2c1
RGB Decimal rgb(134,210,193)
RGB Percentage 25%, 39%, 36%
CMYK 29.8, 0, 6.66, 17.65
HSL hsl(166.58,45.78%,67.45%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(166.58,36.19%,82.35%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.048,-27.3353,0.9801)
XYZ xyz(42.5037,55.0118,58.8302)
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