Pale Icelandish Color

#bdd4d1

Pale Icelandish 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 #422b2e
Complementary Color #d4bdc0
Color Shade: warm cyan (172.17° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 78.63% (better contrasting with black)
Pale Icelandish Color Sample
Pale Icelandish Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bdd4d1

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Pale Icelandish Color. The Cascade Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Phosphorus (#a5d0c6) for more energetic effect. Try Bleu Nattier as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#d4bdc0 is the best complementary color to Pale Icelandish. 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 #bdd4d1 complementary color is Cold Turkey, 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 Jet Stream are #bdd4c5 and #bdcbd4. Thus found on the left and right of #bdd4d1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gum Leaf and Heather colors as they work well with Pale Icelandish.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pale Icelandish palette consists of #d4c5bd and #d4bdcb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d4bdc0). Try Sisal and Maverick colors in combination with #bdd4d1, 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 #bdd4d1 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 Pale Icelandish. Thus Sisal and Chatelle giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pale Icelandish contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cold Turkey, Blue Haze, and Pale Leaf split by 90° on the color wheel. #bdd4d1 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. Pale Icelandish tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#d4bdc0) and two others. The Chatelle is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pale Leaf – 120° from the complementary Cold Turkey. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d1bdd4 and #c0d4bd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bdd4d1 is made of 31% red, 35% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Pale Icelandish has a hue angle of 172.17°, a saturation of 21.1% and a lightness of 78.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bdd4d1 is made of 9.02% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.18% yellow and 16.86% black ink.

HEX #bdd4d1
RGB Decimal rgb(189,212,209)
RGB Percentage 31%, 35%, 34%
CMYK 9.02, 0, 1.18, 16.86
HSL hsl(172.17,21.1%,78.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(172.17,10.85%,83.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.1835,-8.2528,-1.1411)
XYZ xyz(56.0384,62.5092,69.4336)
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