Hoarfrost Color

#dbecfb

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

Inverse Color #241304
Complementary Color #fbeada
Color Shade: cool cyan (208.13° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 92.16% (better contrasting with black)
Hoarfrost Color Sample
Hoarfrost Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dbecfb

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Hoarfrost Color. The Sail color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Bellagio Fountains (#b7dff3) for more calm effect. Try Echo Iris as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#fbeada is the best complementary color to Hoarfrost. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dbecfb complementary color is Champagne, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Hawkes Blue are #dafbfa and #dadbfb. Thus found on the left and right of #dbecfb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Scandal and Hawkes Blue colors as they work well with Hoarfrost.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Hoarfrost palette consists of #fbfada and #fbdadb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fbeada). Try Citrine White and Cinderella colors in combination with #dbecfb, 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 #dbecfb offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Hoarfrost. Thus Orinoco and Classic Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Hoarfrost contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Champagne, Selago, and Feta split by 90° on the color wheel. #dbecfb square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Hoarfrost tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#fbeada) and two others. The Classic Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Scandal – 120° from the complementary Champagne. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fbdaeb and #dafbe9.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dbecfb is made of 31% red, 33% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Hoarfrost has a hue angle of 208.13°, a saturation of 80% and a lightness of 92.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dbecfb is made of 12.55% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black ink.

HEX #dbecfb
RGB Decimal rgb(219,236,251)
RGB Percentage 31%, 33%, 36%
CMYK 12.55, 5.88, 0, 1.57
HSL hsl(208.13,80%,92.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(208.13,12.75%,98.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(92.5819,-2.6817,-9.1584)
XYZ xyz(76.6215,82.016,103.0591)
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