Information about Frost color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #E1E4C5 reads as a mildly saturated yellow and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Arrowroot (#E7E2C5). Slightly further away sit Travertine (#E2DDC7) and Dirty White (#E8E4C9).
Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(225, 228, 197)), which gives #E1E4C5 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 16.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.3:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Frost" in the Register.
Frost color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Frost color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Frost color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Frost color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Frost color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Frost color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Frost color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Frost
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#E7E2C5
#E2DDC7
#E8E4C9
#DEDCC3
#DFDBC6
#E6DCC5
#DEDDCB
#EAE0C7
#E0DAC3
#EAE0C8
#DFE6CF
#E4DCCB
Frost color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#E1E4C5
- RGB225, 228, 197
- CMYK1, 0, 12, 11
- CSSrgb(225, 228, 197)
- HSL66°, 36%, 83%
- HSL Precise65.806°, 36.471%, 83.333%
- HSV66°, 14%, 89%
- HSB66°, 14%, 89%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.882
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.894
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.773
- GLSLvec3(0.882, 0.894, 0.773)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.882, 0.894, 0.773, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.882, 0.894, 0.773)
- Percentage of Red in RGB88.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB89.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB77.3%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDE1E4C5
- DECIMAL ID14804165
- Name Length5
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- Counting from2025-01-01
