Silver Lining Color

#bdb6ab

Silver Lining is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #424954
Complementary Color #abb2bc
Color Shade: orange (36.67° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 70.59% (better contrasting with white)
Silver Lining Color Sample
Silver Lining Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bdb6ab

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Silver Lining Color. The Paloma color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Over the Taupe (#b09d8a) for more energetic effect. Try Light Taupe as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#abb2bc is the best complementary color to Silver Lining. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #bdb6ab complementary color is Aluminium, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tea are #bcacab and #babcab. Thus found on the left and right of #bdb6ab on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silk and Eagle colors as they work well with Silver Lining.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Silver Lining palette consists of #adabbc and #abbabc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#abb2bc). Try Spun Pearl and Tower Gray colors in combination with #bdb6ab, 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 #bdb6ab offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Silver Lining. Thus Chatelle and Edward giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Silver Lining contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aluminium, Green Spring, and Lily split by 90° on the color wheel. #bdb6ab square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta 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. Silver Lining tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#abb2bc) and two others. The Edward is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pink Swan – 120° from the complementary Aluminium. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #abbcb5 and #bcabb2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bdb6ab is made of 35% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Silver Lining has a hue angle of 36.67°, a saturation of 12% and a lightness of 70.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bdb6ab is made of 0% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 7.06% yellow and 25.88% black ink.

HEX #bdb6ab
RGB Decimal rgb(189,182,171)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0, 2.75, 7.06, 25.88
HSL hsl(36.67,12%,70.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36.67,9.52%,74.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.3271,0.5443,6.4678)
XYZ xyz(45.0649,47.215,45.2663)
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