Misty Isle Color

#c5e4dc

Misty Isle is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet

Inverse Color #3a1b23
Complementary Color #e3c5cd
Color Shade: green cyan (164.52° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 83.33% (better contrasting with black)
Misty Isle Color Sample
Misty Isle Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c5e4dc

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Misty Isle Color. The Yucca Cream color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Southern Belle (#a6d6c3) for more energetic effect. Try Thawed Out as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e3c5cd is the best complementary color to Misty Isle. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c5e4dc complementary color is Pink Flare, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Skeptic are #c5e3cc and #c5dce3. Thus found on the left and right of #c5e4dc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Edgewater and Botticelli colors as they work well with Misty Isle.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Misty Isle palette consists of #e3ccc5 and #e3c5dc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e3c5cd). Try Dust Storm and Melanie colors in combination with #c5e4dc, 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 #c5e4dc offers a combination of warm yellow and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Misty Isle. Thus White Rock and Prelude giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Misty Isle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pink Flare, Prelude, and Kidnapper split by 90° on the color wheel. #c5e4dc square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid 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. Misty Isle tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#e3c5cd) and two others. The Prelude is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Zanah – 120° from the complementary Pink Flare. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #dbc5e3 and #cde3c5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c5e4dc is made of 31% red, 35% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Misty Isle has a hue angle of 164.52°, a saturation of 36.47% and a lightness of 83.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c5e4dc is made of 12.16% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 10.59% black ink.

HEX #c5e4dc
RGB Decimal rgb(197,228,220)
RGB Percentage 31%, 35%, 34%
CMYK 12.16, 0, 3.14, 10.59
HSL hsl(164.52,36.47%,83.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(164.52,13.6%,89.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.2204,-11.6948,0.4675)
XYZ xyz(63.6876,72.5244,78.3521)
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