After Rain is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta
| Inverse Color | #3e2415 |
| Complementary Color | #e9d0c1 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (201.95° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 83.73% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to After Rain Color. The Pale Cerulean color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Everlasting (#a1bed9) for more calm effect. Try Ice Cave as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#e9d0c1 is the best complementary color to After Rain. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c1dbea complementary color is Double Spanish White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Spindle are #c1e9e4 and #c1c6e9. Thus found on the left and right of #c1dbea on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jagged Ice and Periwinkle Gray colors as they work well with After Rain.
The split-complementary After Rain palette consists of #e9e4c1 and #e9c1c6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e9d0c1). Try Double Spanish White and Rose Fog colors in combination with #c1dbea, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #c1dbea offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the After Rain. Thus Beryl Green and Melanie giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of After Rain contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Double Spanish White, French Lilac, and Fringy Flower split by 90° on the color wheel. #c1dbea square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. After Rain tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#e9d0c1) and two others. The Melanie is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fringy Flower – 120° from the complementary Double Spanish White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e9c1da and #c1e9d0.
In a RGB color space, hex #c1dbea is made of 30% red, 34% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode After Rain has a hue angle of 201.95°, a saturation of 49.4% and a lightness of 83.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c1dbea is made of 16.07% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black ink.
| HEX | #c1dbea |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(193,219,234) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 34%, 36% |
| CMYK | 16.07, 5.88, 0, 8.24 |
| HSL | hsl(201.95,49.4%,83.73%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(201.95,17.52%,91.76%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.9769,-5.5161,-10.2471) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.1751,67.941,87.6788) |