Simple Serenity 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 | #37261a |
| Complementary Color | #e4d4c8 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (204.83° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 84.12% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Simple Serenity Color. The Simply Sparkling 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 Sweet Blue (#aebed2) for more calm effect. Try Skyway as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#e4d4c8 is the best complementary color to Simple Serenity. 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 #c8d9e5 complementary color is Dust Storm, 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 Botticelli are #c8e4e2 and #c8cae4. Thus found on the left and right of #c8d9e5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Botticelli and Periwinkle Gray colors as they work well with Simple Serenity.
The split-complementary Simple Serenity palette consists of #e4e2c8 and #e4c8ca colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e4d4c8). Try White Rock and Dust Storm colors in combination with #c8d9e5, 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 #c8d9e5 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 Simple Serenity. Thus Kidnapper and Melanie giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Simple Serenity contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dust Storm, Snuff, and Surf Crest split by 90° on the color wheel. #c8d9e5 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. Simple Serenity tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#e4d4c8) and two others. The Melanie is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Edgewater – 120° from the complementary Dust Storm. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e4c8d8 and #c8e4d4.
In a RGB color space, hex #c8d9e5 is made of 31% red, 34% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Simple Serenity has a hue angle of 204.83°, a saturation of 35.8% and a lightness of 84.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c8d9e5 is made of 11.37% cyan, 4.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black ink.
| HEX | #c8d9e5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(200,217,229) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 34%, 35% |
| CMYK | 11.37, 4.7, 0, 10.2 |
| HSL | hsl(204.83,35.8%,84.12%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(204.83,12.66%,89.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.7871,-3.306,-7.8335) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.7751,67.5622,83.8609) |