"Cool" colors

If I go with Alaska as a topic for my final website (and I’m fairly sure that’s what I’d like to do at this point), I think I’ll aim to design the site with a cool – as opposed to warm – palate of colors. This is to pick up on the theme of Alaska being cold, and there being a lot of ice and glaciers there. I’m guessing that will steer me toward mostly using light blues, with perhaps some cool, light tones of purple or green or teal. Gray would be icy, but perhaps too neutral to lend itself to an appealing design.

I will want to think about what contrasting colors to use if my primary colors are going to be light. I obviously wouldn’t want the text to be light on top of a light background, so I’ll need to choose some darker colors. Hopefully I can find some dark shades that are in keeping with the cooler color palate of the site.