Frozen Pond Color

#a5b4ae

Frozen Pond 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 #5a4b51
Complementary Color #b4a5ab
Color Shade: green cyan (156° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 67.65% (better contrasting with white)
Frozen Pond Color Sample
Frozen Pond Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a5b4ae

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Frozen Pond Color. The Modern Mint color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Beckett (#85a699) for more energetic effect. Try Corsican as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#b4a5ab is the best complementary color to Frozen Pond. 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 #a5b4ae 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 #a5b4a6 and #a5b2b4. Thus found on the left and right of #a5b4ae on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Norway and Hit Gray colors as they work well with Frozen Pond.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Frozen Pond palette consists of #b4a6a5 and #b4a5b2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b4a5ab). Try Martini and Shady Lady colors in combination with #a5b4ae, 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 #a5b4ae 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 Frozen Pond. Thus Cloudy and Amethyst Smoke giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Frozen Pond contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dusty Gray, Spun Pearl, and Eagle split by 90° on the color wheel. #a5b4ae 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. Frozen Pond tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#b4a5ab) and two others. The Amethyst Smoke is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bud – 120° from the complementary Dusty Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #aea5b4 and #abb4a5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a5b4ae is made of 32% red, 35% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Frozen Pond has a hue angle of 156°, a saturation of 9.09% and a lightness of 67.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a5b4ae is made of 5.88% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.35% yellow and 29.41% black ink.

HEX #a5b4ae
RGB Decimal rgb(165,180,174)
RGB Percentage 32%, 35%, 34%
CMYK 5.88, 0, 2.35, 29.41
HSL hsl(156,9.09%,67.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(156,8.33%,70.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.0261,-6.3645,1.2666)
XYZ xyz(39.4783,43.6978,46.3982)
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