Pistachio Ice Cream Color

#a0b7ad

Pistachio Ice Cream 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 #5f4852
Complementary Color #b7a0aa
Color Shade: green cyan (153.91° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 67.25% (better contrasting with white)
Pistachio Ice Cream Color Sample
Pistachio Ice Cream Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a0b7ad

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Pistachio Ice Cream Color. The Smoke 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 saturated alternative called Covent Garden (#86b097) for more energetic effect. Try Catnip as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#b7a0aa is the best complementary color to Pistachio Ice Cream. 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 #a0b7ad complementary color is Dusty Gray, 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 Edward are #a0b7a1 and #a0b5b7. Thus found on the left and right of #a0b7ad on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Norway and Tower Gray colors as they work well with Pistachio Ice Cream.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pistachio Ice Cream palette consists of #b7a1a0 and #b7a0b5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b7a0aa). Try Thatch and Lily colors in combination with #a0b7ad, 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 #a0b7ad 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 Pistachio Ice Cream. Thus Nomad and Amethyst Smoke giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pistachio Ice Cream contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dusty Gray, Santas Gray, and Eagle split by 90° on the color wheel. #a0b7ad 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. Pistachio Ice Cream tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#b7a0aa) and two others. The Amethyst Smoke is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Schist – 120° from the complementary Dusty Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ada0b7 and #aab7a0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a0b7ad is made of 31% red, 35% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Pistachio Ice Cream has a hue angle of 153.91°, a saturation of 13.77% and a lightness of 67.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a0b7ad is made of 9.01% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.92% yellow and 28.24% black ink.

HEX #a0b7ad
RGB Decimal rgb(160,183,173)
RGB Percentage 31%, 35%, 34%
CMYK 9.01, 0, 3.92, 28.24
HSL hsl(153.91,13.77%,67.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(153.91,12.57%,71.76%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.4669,-9.8615,2.4118)
XYZ xyz(38.9735,44.3577,46.0429)
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