Fresh Air Color

#a6e7ff

Fresh Air 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 #591800
Complementary Color #ffbda5
Color Shade: cool cyan (196.18° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 82.55% (better contrasting with black)
Fresh Air Color Sample
Fresh Air Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a6e7ff

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Fresh Air Color. The Shallow Water color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Drift on the Sea (#87cefa) for more calm effect. Try Long Island Sound as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ffbda5 is the best complementary color to Fresh Air. 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 #a6e7ff complementary color is Wax Flower, 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 Anakiwa are #a5ffea and #a5baff. Thus found on the left and right of #a6e7ff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Anakiwa and Melrose colors as they work well with Fresh Air.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fresh Air palette consists of #ffeaa5 and #ffa5ba colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ffbda5). Try Vis Vis and Carnation Pink colors in combination with #a6e7ff, 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 #a6e7ff 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 Fresh Air. Thus Tidal and Lavender Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fresh Air contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wax Flower, Mauve, and Reef split by 90° on the color wheel. #a6e7ff 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. Fresh Air tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ffbda5) and two others. The Lavender Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mint Green – 120° from the complementary Wax Flower. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ffa5e7 and #a5ffbd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a6e7ff is made of 25% red, 35% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Fresh Air has a hue angle of 196.18°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 82.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a6e7ff is made of 34.9% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #a6e7ff
RGB Decimal rgb(166,231,255)
RGB Percentage 25%, 35%, 39%
CMYK 34.9, 9.41, 0, 0
HSL hsl(196.18,100%,82.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(196.18,34.9%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.1986,-14.6813,-18.1361)
XYZ xyz(62.3518,72.4788,105.3113)
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