Atmospheric Soft Blue Color

#ace1f0

Atmospheric Soft Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta

Inverse Color #531e0f
Complementary Color #f0bbac
Color Shade: mid cyan (193.24° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 80.78% (better contrasting with black)
Atmospheric Soft Blue Color Sample
Atmospheric Soft Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ace1f0

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Atmospheric Soft Blue Color. The Seagull color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Airy Blue (#88ccee) for more energetic effect. Try Deluxe Days as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#f0bbac is the best complementary color to Atmospheric Soft Blue. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ace1f0 complementary color is Mandys Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blizzard Blue are #acf0dc and #acbff0. Thus found on the left and right of #ace1f0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Magic Mint and Perano colors as they work well with Atmospheric Soft Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Atmospheric Soft Blue palette consists of #f0dcac and #f0acbe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#f0bbac). Try Double Colonial White and Wewak colors in combination with #ace1f0, 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 #ace1f0 offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Atmospheric Soft Blue. Thus Caper and Azalea giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Atmospheric Soft Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mandys Pink, Moon Raker, and Madang split by 90° on the color wheel. #ace1f0 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow 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. Atmospheric Soft Blue tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#f0bbac) and two others. The Azalea is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Madang – 120° from the complementary Mandys Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #f0ace0 and #acf0bb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ace1f0 is made of 27% red, 35% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Atmospheric Soft Blue has a hue angle of 193.24°, a saturation of 69.39% and a lightness of 80.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ace1f0 is made of 26.67% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.88% black ink.

HEX #ace1f0
RGB Decimal rgb(172,225,240)
RGB Percentage 27%, 35%, 38%
CMYK 26.67, 5.88, 0, 5.88
HSL hsl(193.24,69.39%,80.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(193.24,28.33%,94.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.4606,-13.5184,-12.8275)
XYZ xyz(59.6666,68.9124,92.5947)
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