Alpine Alabaster Color

#badbe6

Alpine Alabaster is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #452419
Complementary Color #e6c4ba
Color Shade: mid cyan (195° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 81.57% (better contrasting with black)
Alpine Alabaster Color Sample
Alpine Alabaster Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #badbe6

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Alpine Alabaster Color. The Maya Green 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 Madras Blue (#9ac3da) for more calm effect. Try Sky Bus as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e6c4ba is the best complementary color to Alpine Alabaster. Mid red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #badbe6 complementary color is Rose Fog, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Powder Blue are #bae6db and #bac4e6. Thus found on the left and right of #badbe6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jagged Ice and Periwinkle Gray colors as they work well with Alpine Alabaster.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Alpine Alabaster palette consists of #e6dbba and #e6bac4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e6c4ba). Try Double Spanish White and Cavern Pink colors in combination with #badbe6, 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 #badbe6 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 Alpine Alabaster. Thus Beryl Green and Melanie giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Alpine Alabaster contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Rose Fog, Prelude, and Celadon split by 90° on the color wheel. #badbe6 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, violet, mid 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. Alpine Alabaster tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#e6c4ba) and two others. The Melanie is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fringy Flower – 120° from the complementary Rose Fog. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e6bada and #bae6c5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #badbe6 is made of 29% red, 34% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Alpine Alabaster has a hue angle of 195°, a saturation of 46.81% and a lightness of 81.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #badbe6 is made of 17.26% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black ink.

HEX #badbe6
RGB Decimal rgb(186,219,230)
RGB Percentage 29%, 34%, 36%
CMYK 17.26, 4.32, 0, 9.8
HSL hsl(195,46.81%,81.57%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(195,19.13%,90.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.4106,-8.5206,-9.0228)
XYZ xyz(59.8641,66.8153,84.6044)
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