Ghosting Color

#cac6ba

Ghosting is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #353945
Complementary Color #babdca
Color Shade: orange (45° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 76.08% (better contrasting with white)
Ghosting Color Sample
Ghosting Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cac6ba

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Ghosting Color. The Greyhound color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Townhouse Taupe (#bbb09b) for more energetic effect. Try Grey Ghost as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#babdca is the best complementary color to Ghosting. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #cac6ba complementary color is Gray Suit, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Ash are #cabeba and #c5caba. Thus found on the left and right of #cac6ba on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silver Rust and Kangaroo colors as they work well with Ghosting.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ghosting palette consists of #bebaca and #bac5ca colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#babdca). Try Gray Suit and Loblolly colors in combination with #cac6ba, 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 #cac6ba offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Ghosting. Thus Chatelle and Powder Ash giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ghosting contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gray Suit, Powder Ash, and Lily split by 90° on the color wheel. #cac6ba square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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. Ghosting tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#babdca) and two others. The Powder Ash is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cold Turkey – 120° from the complementary Gray Suit. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bacac6 and #cababd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cac6ba is made of 34% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Ghosting has a hue angle of 45°, a saturation of 13.11% and a lightness of 76.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cac6ba is made of 0% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 6.28% yellow and 20.78% black ink.

HEX #cac6ba
RGB Decimal rgb(202,198,186)
RGB Percentage 34%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0, 1.57, 6.28, 20.78
HSL hsl(45,13.11%,76.08%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(45,7.92%,79.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(79.8918,-0.7141,6.4922)
XYZ xyz(53.4141,56.4899,54.5428)
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