Cold Wind Color

#e1e3e4

Cold Wind 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 #1e1c1b
Complementary Color #e3e2e1
Color Shade: cool cyan (200° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 88.82% (better contrasting with black)
Cold Wind Color Sample
Cold Wind Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e1e3e4

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cold Wind Color. The Callisto 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 saturated alternative called Fairfax Grey (#c9d3d7) for more energetic effect. Try Porpoise Fin as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e3e2e1 is the best complementary color to Cold Wind. 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 #e1e3e4 complementary color is Mercury, 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 Iron are #e1e3e3 and #e1e1e3. Thus found on the left and right of #e1e3e4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Iron and Iron colors as they work well with Cold Wind.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cold Wind palette consists of #e3e3e1 and #e3e1e1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e3e2e1). Try Quill Gray and Mercury colors in combination with #e1e3e4, 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 #e1e3e4 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 Cold Wind. Thus Quill Gray and Bon Jour giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cold Wind contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mercury, Bon Jour, and Gray Nurse split by 90° on the color wheel. #e1e3e4 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. Cold Wind tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#e3e2e1) and two others. The Bon Jour is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Black Haze – 120° from the complementary Mercury. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e3e1e2 and #e1e3e2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e1e3e4 is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Cold Wind has a hue angle of 200°, a saturation of 5.26% and a lightness of 88.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e1e3e4 is made of 1.17% cyan, 0.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black ink.

HEX #e1e3e4
RGB Decimal rgb(225,227,228)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 34%
CMYK 1.17, 0.39, 0, 10.59
HSL hsl(200,5.26%,88.82%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(200,1.32%,89.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(90.1128,-0.4862,-0.7321)
XYZ xyz(72.524,76.5472,84.3514)
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