Frosted Silver is pale, warm-toned shade of warm green. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool magenta, warm red or cool blue
| Inverse Color | #3a363a |
| Complementary Color | #c9c5c9 |
| Color Shade: | warm green (120° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 78.04% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Frosted Silver Color. The Mossa color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Slate Stone (#acb4ac) for more energetic effect. Try Slightly Zen as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#c9c5c9 is the best complementary color to Frosted Silver. Cool magenta shades generally complement the warm green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c5c9c5 complementary color is Pale Slate, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool yellow, warm green, and cool green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pumice are #c7c9c5 and #c5c9c7. Thus found on the left and right of #c5c9c5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Kangaroo and Pumice colors as they work well with Frosted Silver.
The split-complementary Frosted Silver palette consists of #c9c5c7 and #c7c5c9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c9c5c9). Try Pale Slate and French Gray colors in combination with #c5c9c5, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #c5c9c5 offers a combination of mid red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Frosted Silver. Thus Silver and French Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Frosted Silver contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pale Slate, Silver Sand, and Cloud split by 90° on the color wheel. #c5c9c5 square combo is a palette of warm green, cool cyan, cool magenta and warm red shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Frosted Silver tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#c9c5c9) and two others. The French Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gray Nickel – 120° from the complementary Pale Slate. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c5c5c9 and #c9c9c5.
In a RGB color space, hex #c5c9c5 is made of 33% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Frosted Silver has a hue angle of 120°, a saturation of 3.57% and a lightness of 78.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c5c9c5 is made of 1.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.57% yellow and 21.18% black ink.
| HEX | #c5c9c5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(197,201,197) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 34%, 33% |
| CMYK | 1.57, 0, 1.57, 21.18 |
| HSL | hsl(120,3.57%,78.04%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(120,1.99%,78.82%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.5577,-2.1049,1.5052) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.9906,57.6748,61.1101) |