Little Pond Color

#a6d1eb

Little Pond is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #592e14
Complementary Color #ebbfa6
Color Shade: cool cyan (202.61° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 78.63% (better contrasting with black)
Little Pond Color Sample
Little Pond Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a6d1eb

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Little Pond Color. The Lightning Bolt Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Hint of Blue (#cee1f2) for more calm effect. Try Sacred Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ebbfa6 is the best complementary color to Little Pond. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a6d1eb complementary color is Desert Sand, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blizzard Blue are #a6ebe2 and #a6aeeb. Thus found on the left and right of #a6d1eb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Water Leaf and Biloba Flower colors as they work well with Little Pond.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Little Pond palette consists of #ebe2a6 and #eba6ae colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ebbfa6). Try Double Colonial White and Sea Pink colors in combination with #a6d1eb, 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 #a6d1eb offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Little Pond. Thus Caper and Kobi giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Little Pond contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Desert Sand, French Lilac, and Madang split by 90° on the color wheel. #a6d1eb square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green 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. Little Pond tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ebbfa6) and two others. The Kobi is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Madang – 120° from the complementary Desert Sand. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #eba6d1 and #a6ebc0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a6d1eb is made of 27% red, 34% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Little Pond has a hue angle of 202.61°, a saturation of 63.3% and a lightness of 78.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a6d1eb is made of 27.06% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black ink.

HEX #a6d1eb
RGB Decimal rgb(166,209,235)
RGB Percentage 27%, 34%, 39%
CMYK 27.06, 10.2, 0, 7.84
HSL hsl(202.61,63.3%,78.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(202.61,29.36%,92.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.6782,-8.137,-17.3909)
XYZ xyz(53.5217,59.7061,87.3008)
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