Slippery Tub Color

#d5f3ec

Slippery Tub 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 #2a0c13
Complementary Color #f3d4db
Color Shade: warm cyan (166° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 89.41% (better contrasting with black)
Slippery Tub Color Sample
Slippery Tub Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d5f3ec

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Slippery Tub Color. The Water Leaf color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Cruise (#b5ecdf) for more energetic effect. Try Gentle Giant as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#f3d4db is the best complementary color to Slippery Tub. 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 #d5f3ec complementary color is Vanilla Ice, 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 Iceberg are #d4f3dd and #d4eaf3. Thus found on the left and right of #d5f3ec on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tara and Link Water colors as they work well with Slippery Tub.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Slippery Tub palette consists of #f3ddd4 and #f3d4ea colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#f3d4db). Try Almond and Amour colors in combination with #d5f3ec, 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 #d5f3ec 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 Slippery Tub. Thus Janna and French Lilac giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Slippery Tub contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Vanilla Ice, Link Water, and Frost split by 90° on the color wheel. #d5f3ec 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. Slippery Tub tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#f3d4db) and two others. The French Lilac is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Peppermint – 120° from the complementary Vanilla Ice. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ecd4f3 and #dbf3d4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d5f3ec is made of 31% red, 35% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Slippery Tub has a hue angle of 166°, a saturation of 55.56% and a lightness of 89.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d5f3ec is made of 11.76% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.74% yellow and 4.71% black ink.

HEX #d5f3ec
RGB Decimal rgb(213,243,236)
RGB Percentage 31%, 35%, 34%
CMYK 11.76, 0, 2.74, 4.71
HSL hsl(166,55.56%,89.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(166,12.35%,95.29%)
CIE-LAB lab(93.5821,-11.0569,0.0663)
XYZ xyz(74.6315,84.3034,91.6956)
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