Sweet Emily Color

#cbd1e1

Sweet Emily is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #342e1e
Complementary Color #e1dbca
Color Shade: blue cyan (223.64° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 83.92% (better contrasting with black)
Sweet Emily Color Sample
Sweet Emily Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cbd1e1

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sweet Emily Color. The Solitude color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Conclave (#abb9d7) for more energetic effect. Try Babbling Creek as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e1dbca is the best complementary color to Sweet Emily. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #cbd1e1 complementary color is Satin Linen, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blue Haze are #cadbe1 and #cfcae1. Thus found on the left and right of #cbd1e1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Geyser and Blue Haze colors as they work well with Sweet Emily.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sweet Emily palette consists of #dbe1ca and #e1cfca colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e1dbca). Try Tana and Wafer colors in combination with #cbd1e1, 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 #cbd1e1 offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sweet Emily. Thus Surf Crest and Wafer giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sweet Emily contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Satin Linen, Twilight, and Surf Crest split by 90° on the color wheel. #cbd1e1 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, warm magenta, orange and mid green 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. Sweet Emily tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#e1dbca) and two others. The Wafer is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Edgewater – 120° from the complementary Satin Linen. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e1cad0 and #cae1db.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cbd1e1 is made of 32% red, 33% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Sweet Emily has a hue angle of 223.64°, a saturation of 26.83% and a lightness of 83.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cbd1e1 is made of 8.63% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black ink.

HEX #cbd1e1
RGB Decimal rgb(203,209,225)
RGB Percentage 32%, 33%, 35%
CMYK 8.63, 6.28, 0, 11.76
HSL hsl(223.64,26.83%,83.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(223.64,9.78%,88.24%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.8269,1.0457,-8.5955)
XYZ xyz(61.0197,63.7337,80.3199)
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