Soap is pale, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red
| Inverse Color | #313710 |
| Complementary Color | #e9efc7 |
| Color Shade: | mid blue (249.23° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 86.08% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Soap Color. The Miami White color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Japan Blush (#ddd6f3) for more calm effect. Try Lavender Sky as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#e9efc7 is the best complementary color to Soap. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #cec8ef complementary color is Tahuna Sands, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Link Water are #c7d5ef and #e1c7ef. Thus found on the left and right of #cec8ef on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spindle and French Lilac colors as they work well with Soap.
The split-complementary Soap palette consists of #d5efc7 and #efe1c7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e9efc7). Try Tea Green and Almond colors in combination with #cec8ef, 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 #cec8ef offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Soap. Thus Tea Green and Beauty Bush giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Soap contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tahuna Sands, Vanilla Ice, and Cruise split by 90° on the color wheel. #cec8ef square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Soap tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#e9efc7) and two others. The Beauty Bush is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Iceberg – 120° from the complementary Tahuna Sands. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #efcec7 and #c7e9ef.
In a RGB color space, hex #cec8ef is made of 32% red, 31% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Soap has a hue angle of 249.23°, a saturation of 54.93% and a lightness of 86.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cec8ef is made of 12.95% cyan, 15.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black ink.
| HEX | #cec8ef |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(206,200,239) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 31%, 37% |
| CMYK | 12.95, 15.3, 0, 6.27 |
| HSL | hsl(249.23,54.93%,86.08%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(249.23,16.32%,93.73%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.1969,9.6404,-18.4748) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.6879,60.6624,90.1191) |