Glacier Blue Palette
The impossible blue inside a glacial crevasse — compressed ice, not open sky.
#0A2E4D
deep crevasse blue
HSL 208° 77% 17%
13.9:1 on white
#1B5E85
glacier blue
HSL 202° 66% 31%
7.0:1 on white
#3E9FC5
meltwater blue
HSL 197° 54% 51%
3.0:1 on white
#8FD4E8
surface-ice light blue
HSL 194° 66% 74%
1.6:1 on white
#E3F7FB
ice-glare white-blue
HSL 190° 75% 94%
1.1:1 on white
Using this palette
The specific, almost electric blue seen deep inside glacial ice comes from how compressed ice absorbs red light and scatters blue — this ramp is trying to hit that real phenomenon rather than a generic 'icy blue,' which is why #0A2E4D and #1B5E85 are more saturated than most cold-toned palettes' dark end. Distinct from arctic-blue, which goes nearly black at its darkest step to suggest deep shadow — glacier-blue stays blue-saturated throughout to suggest the ice's own color rather than the absence of light. #0A2E4D clears AA for white text; the lightest two tones are surface/background only.