Ice Cap Green Color

#b9e7dd

Ice Cap Green 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 #461822
Complementary Color #e7b9c2
Color Shade: warm cyan (166.96° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 81.57% (better contrasting with black)
Ice Cap Green Color Sample
Ice Cap Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b9e7dd

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Ice Cap Green Color. The Monet Vert color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Swans Down (#dcf0ea) for more calm effect. Try Aqua Pura as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e7b9c2 is the best complementary color to Ice Cap Green. 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 #b9e7dd complementary color is Rose Fog, 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 Jagged Ice are #b9e7c6 and #b9dae7. Thus found on the left and right of #b9e7dd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fringy Flower and Powder Blue colors as they work well with Ice Cap Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ice Cap Green palette consists of #e7c6b9 and #e7b9da colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e7b9c2). Try Rose Fog and Melanie colors in combination with #b9e7dd, 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 #b9e7dd 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 Ice Cap Green. Thus Double Spanish White and French Lilac giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ice Cap Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Rose Fog, Prelude, and Beryl Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #b9e7dd 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. Ice Cap Green tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#e7b9c2) and two others. The French Lilac 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 #dcb9e7 and #c3e7b9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b9e7dd is made of 29% red, 36% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Ice Cap Green has a hue angle of 166.96°, a saturation of 48.94% and a lightness of 81.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b9e7dd is made of 18.04% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.92% yellow and 9.41% black ink.

HEX #b9e7dd
RGB Decimal rgb(185,231,221)
RGB Percentage 29%, 36%, 35%
CMYK 18.04, 0, 3.92, 9.41
HSL hsl(166.96,48.94%,81.57%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(166.96,19.91%,90.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.298,-16.7821,-0.0339)
XYZ xyz(61.6346,72.6866,79.188)
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