Ice Folly Color

#dbece9

Ice Folly 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 #241316
Complementary Color #ecdadd
Color Shade: warm cyan (169.41° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 89.22% (better contrasting with black)
Ice Folly Color Sample
Ice Folly Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dbece9

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Ice Folly Color. The Mint Blue 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 soft alternative called Picnic Bay (#bcdbd4) for more calm effect. Try Serene Breeze as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ecdadd is the best complementary color to Ice Folly. 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 #dbece9 complementary color is Bizarre, 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 Harp are #daece0 and #dae6ec. Thus found on the left and right of #dbece9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Harp and Botticelli colors as they work well with Ice Folly.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ice Folly palette consists of #ece0da and #ecdae6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ecdadd). Try Pearl Bush and Prim colors in combination with #dbece9, 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 #dbece9 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 Ice Folly. Thus White Rock and Snuff giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ice Folly contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bizarre, Snuff, and Kidnapper split by 90° on the color wheel. #dbece9 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. Ice Folly tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#ecdadd) and two others. The Snuff is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Willow Brook – 120° from the complementary Bizarre. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e9daec and #ddecda.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dbece9 is made of 32% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Ice Folly has a hue angle of 169.41°, a saturation of 30.91% and a lightness of 89.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dbece9 is made of 6.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.18% yellow and 7.45% black ink.

HEX #dbece9
RGB Decimal rgb(219,236,233)
RGB Percentage 32%, 34%, 34%
CMYK 6.67, 0, 1.18, 7.45
HSL hsl(169.41,30.91%,89.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(169.41,7.2%,92.55%)
CIE-LAB lab(92.1024,-6.1557,-0.4875)
XYZ xyz(73.9169,80.9342,88.8168)
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