Thin Air Color

#c6fcff

Thin Air 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 #390300
Complementary Color #ffc8c5
Color Shade: mid cyan (183.16° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 88.82% (better contrasting with black)
Thin Air Color Sample
Thin Air Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c6fcff

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Thin Air Color. The Glitchy Shader Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Bubbles (#e7feff) for more calm effect. Try Winter's Day as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ffc8c5 is the best complementary color to Thin Air. 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 #c6fcff complementary color is Your 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 Onahau are #c5ffe5 and #c5dfff. Thus found on the left and right of #c6fcff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Aero Blue and Onahau colors as they work well with Thin Air.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Thin Air palette consists of #ffe5c5 and #ffc5df colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ffc8c5). Try Tequila and Pastel Pink colors in combination with #c6fcff, 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 #c6fcff 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 Thin Air. Thus Australian Mint and Pink Lace giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Thin Air contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Your Pink, Mauve, and Snow Flurry split by 90° on the color wheel. #c6fcff 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. Thin Air tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#ffc8c5) and two others. The Pink Lace is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Snowy Mint – 120° from the complementary Your Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ffc5fb and #c5ffc8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c6fcff is made of 28% red, 36% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Thin Air has a hue angle of 183.16°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 88.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c6fcff is made of 22.35% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #c6fcff
RGB Decimal rgb(198,252,255)
RGB Percentage 28%, 36%, 36%
CMYK 22.35, 1.18, 0, 0
HSL hsl(183.16,100%,88.82%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(183.16,22.35%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(95.5163,-16.2879,-7.0304)
XYZ xyz(76.1491,88.8466,107.7434)
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