Monet Lily Color

#cdd7e6

Monet Lily 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 #322819
Complementary Color #e6dccd
Color Shade: blue cyan (216° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 85.29% (better contrasting with black)
Monet Lily Color Sample
Monet Lily Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cdd7e6

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Monet Lily Color. The Springtime Rain 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 Cloudy Blue (#acc2d9) for more energetic effect. Try Cold Winter's Morn as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e6dccd is the best complementary color to Monet Lily. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #cdd7e6 complementary color is Pearl Bush, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Botticelli are #cde3e6 and #cfcde6. Thus found on the left and right of #cdd7e6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Botticelli and Snuff colors as they work well with Monet Lily.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Monet Lily palette consists of #e3e6cd and #e6cfcd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e6dccd). Try White Rock and Dust Storm colors in combination with #cdd7e6, 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 #cdd7e6 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 Monet Lily. Thus Kidnapper and Melanie giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Monet Lily contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pearl Bush, Twilight, and Surf Crest split by 90° on the color wheel. #cdd7e6 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid 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. Monet Lily tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#e6dccd) and two others. The Melanie is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Skeptic – 120° from the complementary Pearl Bush. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e6cdd7 and #cde6dc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cdd7e6 is made of 32% red, 33% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Monet Lily has a hue angle of 216°, a saturation of 33.33% and a lightness of 85.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cdd7e6 is made of 9.81% cyan, 5.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black ink.

HEX #cdd7e6
RGB Decimal rgb(205,215,230)
RGB Percentage 32%, 33%, 35%
CMYK 9.81, 5.89, 0, 9.8
HSL hsl(216,33.33%,85.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(216,10.87%,90.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.6518,-0.4571,-8.5249)
XYZ xyz(63.7602,67.2932,84.4913)
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