Melting Glacier Color

#e9f9f5

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

Inverse Color #16060a
Complementary Color #f9e8ec
Color Shade: green cyan (165° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 94.51% (better contrasting with black)
Melting Glacier Color Sample
Melting Glacier Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e9f9f5

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Melting Glacier Color. The Teal Melody color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Light Salome (#ccf1e3) for more calm effect. Try Path to the Sky as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#f9e8ec is the best complementary color to Melting Glacier. 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 #e9f9f5 complementary color is Amour, 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 warm shades. The analogous colors of Off Green are #e8f9ed and #e8f4f9. Thus found on the left and right of #e9f9f5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tara and Polar colors as they work well with Melting Glacier.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Melting Glacier palette consists of #f9ede8 and #f9e8f5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#f9e8ec). Try White Linen and Amour colors in combination with #e9f9f5, 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 #e9f9f5 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 Melting Glacier. Thus Quarter Spanish White and French Lilac giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Melting Glacier contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Amour, Link Water, and Frost split by 90° on the color wheel. #e9f9f5 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, mid blue, cool red and mid 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. Melting Glacier tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#f9e8ec) and two others. The French Lilac is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Frost – 120° from the complementary Amour. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #f5e8f9 and #ecf9e8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e9f9f5 is made of 32% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Melting Glacier has a hue angle of 165°, a saturation of 57.14% and a lightness of 94.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e9f9f5 is made of 6.28% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.57% yellow and 2.35% black ink.

HEX #e9f9f5
RGB Decimal rgb(233,249,245)
RGB Percentage 32%, 34%, 34%
CMYK 6.28, 0, 1.57, 2.35
HSL hsl(165,57.14%,94.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(165,6.43%,97.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(96.6843,-5.9557,0.1012)
XYZ xyz(83.9614,91.6676,99.6546)
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