Lunar Dust Color

#ccccdd

Lunar Dust is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or mid red

Inverse Color #332
Complementary Color #ddc
Color Shade: cool blue (240° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 83.33% (better contrasting with black)
Lunar Dust Color Sample
Lunar Dust Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ccccdd

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Lunar Dust Color. The Lady's Slipper color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Beatrice (#bebad9) for more energetic effect. Try Spring Lilac as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ddc is the best complementary color to Lunar Dust. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ccd complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #ccd4dd and #d4ccdd. Thus found on the left and right of #ccd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Geyser and Mischka colors as they work well with Lunar Dust.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lunar Dust palette consists of #d4ddcc and #ddd4cc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ddc). Try Moon Mist and Wafer colors in combination with #ccd, 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 #ccd offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Lunar Dust. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lunar Dust contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Lola, and Paris White split by 90° on the color wheel. #ccd square combo is a palette of cool blue, red magenta, warm yellow and cool 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. Lunar Dust tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#ddc) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #dcc and #cdd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ccccdd is made of 32% red, 32% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Lunar Dust has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 20% and a lightness of 83.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ccccdd is made of 6.67% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black ink.

HEX #ccccdd
RGB Decimal rgb(204,204,221)
RGB Percentage 32%, 32%, 35%
CMYK 6.67, 6.67, 0, 13.33
HSL hsl(240,20%,83.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(240,7.69%,86.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(82.5095,3.2232,-8.4109)
XYZ xyz(59.5459,61.2436,77.0894)
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