Sea Ice Formation

Created at 10/23/2026 17:36

The palette consists of Semi dark, Light colors. Accent colors Open Water #175e86 and New Ice #5ca9c0. Palette has Cool, Neutral colors temperature.

By lightness, this palette runs from #175E86 (darkest) to #F7FAF5 (lightest). The lightness range is moderate.

Saturation sits in a moderate mid-range, averaging 45% across the palette.

The hues stay in one region of the color wheel, spanning about 106°.

Overall temperature among swatches leans cool (4 of 6).

HEX codes (sorted): #175E86, #5CA9C0, #91CCD2, #C1E4E5, #DCEFEA, #F7FAF5

Palette Sea Ice Formation combines 6 color codes:

HEX: #175e86, RGB: (23, 94, 134); HEX: #5ca9c0, RGB: (92, 169, 192); HEX: #91ccd2, RGB: (145, 204, 210)

HEX: #c1e4e5, RGB: (193, 228, 229); HEX: #dcefea, RGB: (220, 239, 234); HEX: #f7faf5, RGB: (247, 250, 245)

Simplified version of palette colors

Shade of Steel Blue, Tint of Cadet Blue, Shade of Powder Blue, Tint of Powder Blue, Shade of Azure, Shade of Mint Cream

Color scheme was created by bad_colors

Color codes in palette

Sea Ice Formation color codes HEX, RGB information in table

Color	HEX	RGB	Name	Alternative name
#175e86	#175e86	RGB(23, 94, 134)	Open Water	—
#5ca9c0	#5ca9c0	RGB(92, 169, 192)	New Ice	—
#91ccd2	#91ccd2	RGB(145, 204, 210)	Young Ice	—
#c1e4e5	#c1e4e5	RGB(193, 228, 229)	First Year Ice	—
#dcefea	#dcefea	RGB(220, 239, 234)	Multi-Year Ice	—
#f7faf5	#f7faf5	RGB(247, 250, 245)	Snow Cover	—

8 color pairs have low contrast and need improvement which may impact readability.