Ice Age Color

#c6e4e9

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

Inverse Color #391b16
Complementary Color #e9cac5
Color Shade: mid cyan (188.57° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 84.51% (better contrasting with black)
Ice Age Color Sample
Ice Age Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c6e4e9

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Ice Age Color. The Carefree Sky color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Vast Sky (#a9c9d7) for more calm effect. Try Ocean Cruise as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e9cac5 is the best complementary color to Ice Age. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c6e4e9 complementary color is Oyster Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Jagged Ice are #c5e9dc and #c5d2e9. Thus found on the left and right of #c6e4e9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jagged Ice and Periwinkle Gray colors as they work well with Ice Age.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ice Age palette consists of #e9dcc5 and #e9c5d2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e9cac5). Try Stark White and Melanie colors in combination with #c6e4e9, 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 #c6e4e9 offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Ice Age. Thus Beryl Green and Melanie giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ice Age contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oyster Pink, Prelude, and Beryl Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #c6e4e9 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow 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. Ice Age tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#e9cac5) and two others. The Melanie is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fringy Flower – 120° from the complementary Oyster Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e9c5e4 and #c5e9cb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c6e4e9 is made of 30% red, 35% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Ice Age has a hue angle of 188.57°, a saturation of 44.3% and a lightness of 84.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c6e4e9 is made of 13.72% cyan, 1.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black ink.

HEX #c6e4e9
RGB Decimal rgb(198,228,233)
RGB Percentage 30%, 35%, 35%
CMYK 13.72, 1.96, 0, 8.63
HSL hsl(188.57,44.3%,84.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(188.57,15.02%,91.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.6266,-8.7953,-5.7564)
XYZ xyz(65.7401,73.3758,87.7889)
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