Ice Cube Color

#afe3d6

Ice Cube is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or violet

Inverse Color #501c29
Complementary Color #e3afbb
Color Shade: green cyan (165° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 78.82% (better contrasting with black)
Ice Cube Color Sample
Ice Cube Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #afe3d6

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Ice Cube Color. The Teal Ice color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Ionic Sky (#d0ede9) for more calm effect. Try Warm Winter as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e3afbb is the best complementary color to Ice Cube. Cool red shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #afe3d6 complementary color is Rose Fog, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, green cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Powder Blue are #afe3bc and #afd5e3. Thus found on the left and right of #afe3d6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fringy Flower and Powder Blue colors as they work well with Ice Cube.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ice Cube palette consists of #e3bcaf and #e3afd5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e3afbb). Try Rose Fog and Light Orchid colors in combination with #afe3d6, 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 #afe3d6 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 Ice Cube. Thus Hampton and Light Wisteria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ice Cube contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Rose Fog, Cold Purple, and Beryl Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #afe3d6 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, cool red and cool 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. Ice Cube tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#e3afbb) and two others. The Light Wisteria is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Celadon – 120° from the complementary Rose Fog. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d5afe3 and #bbe3af.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #afe3d6 is made of 28% red, 37% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Ice Cube has a hue angle of 165°, a saturation of 48.15% and a lightness of 78.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #afe3d6 is made of 20.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.1% yellow and 10.98% black ink.

HEX #afe3d6
RGB Decimal rgb(175,227,214)
RGB Percentage 28%, 37%, 35%
CMYK 20.39, 0, 5.1, 10.98
HSL hsl(165,48.15%,78.82%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(165,22.91%,89.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.4581,-19.279,0.8903)
XYZ xyz(57.2859,68.9072,73.8995)
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