Polar Expedition Color

#c9e7e3

Polar Expedition is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #36181c
Complementary Color #e6c9cd
Color Shade: warm cyan (172° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 84.71% (better contrasting with black)
Polar Expedition Color Sample
Polar Expedition Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #c9e7e3

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Polar Expedition Color. The Ice Cube color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Cloud (#e4f0ef) for more calm effect. Try Lolly Ice as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e6c9cd is the best complementary color to Polar Expedition. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c9e7e3 complementary color is Oyster Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Skeptic are #c9e6d3 and #c9dce6. Thus found on the left and right of #c9e7e3 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Skeptic and Botticelli colors as they work well with Polar Expedition.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Polar Expedition palette consists of #e6d3c9 and #e6c9db colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e6c9cd). Try Dust Storm and Melanie colors in combination with #c9e7e3, 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 #c9e7e3 offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Polar Expedition. Thus White Rock and Snuff giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Polar Expedition contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Oyster Pink, Prelude, and Kidnapper split by 90° on the color wheel. #c9e7e3 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool 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. Polar Expedition tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#e6c9cd) and two others. The Snuff is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Zanah – 120° from the complementary Oyster Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e2c9e6 and #cde6c9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #c9e7e3 is made of 31% red, 35% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Polar Expedition has a hue angle of 172°, a saturation of 38.46% and a lightness of 84.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c9e7e3 is made of 11.77% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.57% yellow and 9.41% black ink.

HEX #c9e7e3
RGB Decimal rgb(201,231,227)
RGB Percentage 31%, 35%, 34%
CMYK 11.77, 0, 1.57, 9.41
HSL hsl(172,38.46%,84.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(172,12.99%,90.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(89.447,-10.5709,-1.3806)
XYZ xyz(66.5284,75.1154,83.6653)
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