Tropical Freeze Color

#99ddcc

Tropical Freeze is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet

Inverse Color #623
Complementary Color #d9a
Color Shade: green cyan (165° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 73.33% (better contrasting with black)
Tropical Freeze Color Sample
Tropical Freeze Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #99ddcc

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Tropical Freeze Color. The Fair Aqua color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Cool Jazz (#bee7e0) for more calm effect. Try Pool Party as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#d9a is the best complementary color to Tropical Freeze. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9dc complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #9da and #9cd. Thus found on the left and right of #9dc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and White colors as they work well with Tropical Freeze.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tropical Freeze palette consists of #da9 and #dd99cb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d9a). Try White and Light Orchid colors in combination with #9dc, 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 #9dc offers a combination of warm yellow and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Tropical Freeze. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tropical Freeze contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #9dc square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid 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. Tropical Freeze tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#d9a) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c9d and #ad9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #99ddcc is made of 26% red, 38% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Tropical Freeze has a hue angle of 165°, a saturation of 50% and a lightness of 73.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #99ddcc is made of 26.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.67% yellow and 13.33% black ink.

HEX #99ddcc
RGB Decimal rgb(153,221,204)
RGB Percentage 26%, 38%, 35%
CMYK 26.67, 0, 6.67, 13.33
HSL hsl(165,50%,73.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(165,30.77%,86.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.3607,-24.9412,1.5155)
XYZ xyz(49.8924,62.8448,66.6274)
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