Silent Breeze Color

#c6eaec

Silent Breeze 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 #391513
Complementary Color #ecc8c6
Color Shade: mid cyan (183.16° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 85.1% (better contrasting with black)
Silent Breeze Color Sample
Silent Breeze Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c6eaec

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Silent Breeze Color. The Nevada 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 saturated alternative called Spinnaker (#a3e2dd) for more energetic effect. Try Everest as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#ecc8c6 is the best complementary color to Silent Breeze. 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 #c6eaec complementary color is Rose Fog, 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 #c6ecdb and #c6d6ec. Thus found on the left and right of #c6eaec on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jagged Ice and Spindle colors as they work well with Silent Breeze.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Silent Breeze palette consists of #ecdbc6 and #ecc6d6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ecc8c6). Try Almond and Vanilla Ice colors in combination with #c6eaec, 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 #c6eaec 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 Silent Breeze. Thus Fall Green and Vanilla Ice giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Silent Breeze contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Rose Fog, French Lilac, and Chrome White split by 90° on the color wheel. #c6eaec 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. Silent Breeze tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#ecc8c6) and two others. The Vanilla Ice is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fringy Flower – 120° from the complementary Rose Fog. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ecc6e9 and #c6ecc8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c6eaec is made of 30% red, 35% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Silent Breeze has a hue angle of 183.16°, a saturation of 50% and a lightness of 85.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c6eaec is made of 14.9% cyan, 0.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black ink.

HEX #c6eaec
RGB Decimal rgb(198,234,236)
RGB Percentage 30%, 35%, 35%
CMYK 14.9, 0.79, 0, 7.45
HSL hsl(183.16,50%,85.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(183.16,16.1%,92.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(90.279,-11.2329,-4.8911)
XYZ xyz(67.8518,76.9075,90.6253)
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