Gentle Giant Color

#b3ebe0

Gentle Giant is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #4c141f
Complementary Color #ebb3be
Color Shade: warm cyan (168.21° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 81.18% (better contrasting with black)
Gentle Giant Color Sample
Gentle Giant Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b3ebe0

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Gentle Giant Color. The Clean Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Icy Wind (#d3f1ee) for more calm effect. Try Minted Ice as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ebb3be is the best complementary color to Gentle Giant. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b3ebe0 complementary color is Beauty Bush, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Cruise are #b3ebc4 and #b3d9eb. Thus found on the left and right of #b3ebe0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Padua and Spindle colors as they work well with Gentle Giant.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gentle Giant palette consists of #ebc4b3 and #ebb3d9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ebb3be). Try Zinnwaldite and Kobi colors in combination with #b3ebe0, 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 #b3ebe0 offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Gentle Giant. Thus Chamois and French Lilac giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gentle Giant contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Beauty Bush, Biloba Flower, and Caper split by 90° on the color wheel. #b3ebe0 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm 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. Gentle Giant tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#ebb3be) and two others. The French Lilac is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tea Green – 120° from the complementary Beauty Bush. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e0b3eb and #beebb3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b3ebe0 is made of 28% red, 37% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Gentle Giant has a hue angle of 168.21°, a saturation of 58.33% and a lightness of 81.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b3ebe0 is made of 21.96% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.32% yellow and 7.84% black ink.

HEX #b3ebe0
RGB Decimal rgb(179,235,224)
RGB Percentage 28%, 37%, 35%
CMYK 21.96, 0, 4.32, 7.84
HSL hsl(168.21,58.33%,81.18%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(168.21,23.83%,92.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(89.1028,-19.9735,-0.4716)
XYZ xyz(61.7533,74.3822,81.6235)
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