Elegant Ice Color

#c4b9b7

Elegant Ice is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #3b4648
Complementary Color #b7c2c4
Color Shade: mid red (9.23° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 74.31% (better contrasting with white)
Elegant Ice Color Sample
Elegant Ice Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c4b9b7

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Elegant Ice Color. The Foggy Quartz color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Adobe Rose (#ba9f99) for more energetic effect. Try Thatch as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#b7c2c4 is the best complementary color to Elegant Ice. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c4b9b7 complementary color is Submarine, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Silver Rust are #c4b7bb and #c4bfb7. Thus found on the left and right of #c4b9b7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pink Swan and Cotton Seed colors as they work well with Elegant Ice.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Elegant Ice palette consists of #b7bbc4 and #b7c4bf colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b7c2c4). Try French Gray and Powder Ash colors in combination with #c4b9b7, 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 #c4b9b7 offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Elegant Ice. Thus French Gray and Powder Ash giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Elegant Ice contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Submarine, Green Spring, and Chatelle split by 90° on the color wheel. #c4b9b7 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Elegant Ice tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#b7c2c4) and two others. The Powder Ash is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pale Slate – 120° from the complementary Submarine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b7c4b9 and #c4b7c2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c4b9b7 is made of 35% red, 33% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Elegant Ice has a hue angle of 9.23°, a saturation of 9.92% and a lightness of 74.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c4b9b7 is made of 0% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 5.1% yellow and 23.14% black ink.

HEX #c4b9b7
RGB Decimal rgb(196,185,183)
RGB Percentage 35%, 33%, 32%
CMYK 0, 4.31, 5.1, 23.14
HSL hsl(9.23,9.92%,74.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(9.23,6.63%,76.86%)
CIE-LAB lab(75.9787,3.5322,2.3961)
XYZ xyz(48.6612,49.8526,51.8575)
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