Thermal Aqua Color

#9ccebe

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

Inverse Color #633141
Complementary Color #ce9cac
Color Shade: green cyan (160.8° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 70.98% (better contrasting with white)
Thermal Aqua Color Sample
Thermal Aqua Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9ccebe

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Thermal Aqua Color. The Picnic Bay color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Froggy Pond (#7fba9e) for more calm effect. Try Neptune Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ce9cac is the best complementary color to Thermal Aqua. 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 #9ccebe complementary color is Careys Pink, 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 Shadow Green are #9ccea5 and #9cc5ce. Thus found on the left and right of #9ccebe on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spring Rain and Rock Blue colors as they work well with Thermal Aqua.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Thermal Aqua palette consists of #cea59c and #ce9cc5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ce9cac). Try Eunry and Lilac colors in combination with #9ccebe, 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 #9ccebe offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Thermal Aqua. Thus Akaroa and East Side giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Thermal Aqua contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Careys Pink, Blue Bell, and Pine Glade split by 90° on the color wheel. #9ccebe 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. Thermal Aqua tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#ce9cac) and two others. The East Side is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sprout – 120° from the complementary Careys Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #be9cce and #acce9c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9ccebe is made of 28% red, 37% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Thermal Aqua has a hue angle of 160.8°, a saturation of 33.78% and a lightness of 70.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9ccebe is made of 19.6% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.27% yellow and 19.22% black ink.

HEX #9ccebe
RGB Decimal rgb(156,206,190)
RGB Percentage 28%, 37%, 34%
CMYK 19.6, 0, 6.27, 19.22
HSL hsl(160.8,33.78%,70.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(160.8,24.27%,80.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(78.9999,-19.5656,2.6591)
XYZ xyz(45.0759,54.9282,56.9417)
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