Icewind Dale Color

#e8ecee

Icewind Dale 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 #171311
Complementary Color #eeeae8
Color Shade: cool cyan (200° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 92.16% (better contrasting with black)
Icewind Dale Color Sample
Icewind Dale Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e8ecee

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Icewind Dale Color. The Mild Blue 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 Bit of Heaven (#cad7de) for more energetic effect. Try Heaven Sent Storm as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#eeeae8 is the best complementary color to Icewind Dale. 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 #e8ecee complementary color is Ebb, 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 Porcelain are #e8eeed and #e8e9ee. Thus found on the left and right of #e8ecee on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Porcelain and Athens Gray colors as they work well with Icewind Dale.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Icewind Dale palette consists of #eeede8 and #eee8e9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#eeeae8). Try Cararra and Ebb colors in combination with #e8ecee, 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 #e8ecee 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 Icewind Dale. Thus Cararra and Bon Jour giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Icewind Dale contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ebb, Mischka, and Gray Nurse split by 90° on the color wheel. #e8ecee 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. Icewind Dale tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#eeeae8) and two others. The Bon Jour is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gray Nurse – 120° from the complementary Ebb. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #eee8ec and #e8eeea.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e8ecee is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Icewind Dale has a hue angle of 200°, a saturation of 15% and a lightness of 92.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e8ecee is made of 2.35% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #e8ecee
RGB Decimal rgb(232,236,238)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 34%
CMYK 2.35, 0.78, 0, 6.67
HSL hsl(200,15%,92.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(200,2.52%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(93.1543,-0.9647,-1.4424)
XYZ xyz(78.7068,83.3198,92.8229)
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