Frost Gum is pale, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, warm yellow or warm blue
| Inverse Color | #713461 |
| Complementary Color | #ca8eba |
| Color Shade: | cool green (135.74° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 67.65% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Frost Gum Color. The Pastel Mint Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Frosted Emerald (#78b185) for more calm effect. Try Enchanted Meadow as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#ca8eba is the best complementary color to Frost Gum. Warm magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #8ecb9e complementary color is Viola, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of De York are #9cca8e and #8ecabc. Thus found on the left and right of #8ecb9e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching De York and Half Baked colors as they work well with Frost Gum.
The split-complementary Frost Gum palette consists of #ca8e9c and #bc8eca colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ca8eba). Try Puce and East Side colors in combination with #8ecb9e, 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 #8ecb9e offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Frost Gum. Thus Eunry and East Side giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Frost Gum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Viola, Polo Blue, and Yuma split by 90° on the color wheel. #8ecb9e square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and warm yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Frost Gum tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#ca8eba) and two others. The East Side is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pine Glade – 120° from the complementary Viola. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9e8eca and #baca8e.
In a RGB color space, hex #8ecb9e is made of 28% red, 40% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Frost Gum has a hue angle of 135.74°, a saturation of 36.97% and a lightness of 67.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8ecb9e is made of 23.92% cyan, 0% magenta, 17.65% yellow and 20.39% black ink.
| HEX | #8ecb9e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(142,203,158) |
| RGB Percentage | 28%, 40%, 31% |
| CMYK | 23.92, 0, 17.65, 20.39 |
| HSL | hsl(135.74,36.97%,67.65%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(135.74,30.05%,79.61%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.6374,-28.7634,16.3134) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.6828,50.9313,40.1397) |