Sea Frost Color

#d5dcdc

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

Inverse Color #2a2323
Complementary Color #dcd5d5
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 84.9% (better contrasting with black)
Sea Frost Color Sample
Sea Frost Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d5dcdc

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sea Frost Color. The Polished Rock color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Blue Shale (#b9cacc) for more energetic effect. Try Quest as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#dcd5d5 is the best complementary color to Sea Frost. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d5dcdc complementary color is Swiss Coffee, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Iron are #d5dcd8 and #d5d8dc. Thus found on the left and right of #d5dcdc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Conch and Iron colors as they work well with Sea Frost.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sea Frost palette consists of #dcd8d5 and #dcd5d8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dcd5d5). Try Swiss Coffee and Bon Jour colors in combination with #d5dcdc, 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 #d5dcdc 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 Sea Frost. Thus Quill Gray and Lola giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sea Frost contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Swiss Coffee, Mischka, and Celeste split by 90° on the color wheel. #d5dcdc square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, 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. Sea Frost tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#dcd5d5) and two others. The Lola is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tasman – 120° from the complementary Swiss Coffee. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #dcd5dc and #d5dcd5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d5dcdc is made of 33% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Sea Frost has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 9.09% and a lightness of 84.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d5dcdc is made of 2.74% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black ink.

HEX #d5dcdc
RGB Decimal rgb(213,220,220)
RGB Percentage 33%, 34%, 34%
CMYK 2.74, 0, 0, 13.73
HSL hsl(180,9.09%,84.9%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,3.18%,86.27%)
CIE-LAB lab(87.2414,-2.3499,-0.8306)
XYZ xyz(65.952,70.4998,77.8419)
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