Mexican Silver Color

#cecec8

Mexican Silver is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, red magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #313137
Complementary Color #c8c8ce
Color Shade: warm yellow (60° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 79.61% (better contrasting with black)
Mexican Silver Color Sample
Mexican Silver Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #cecec8

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Mexican Silver Color. The Sapless Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Gravel Dust (#bab9a9) for more energetic effect. Try Kidnapper as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c8c8ce is the best complementary color to Mexican Silver. 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 #cecec8 complementary color is French Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Celeste are #cecbc8 and #cbcec8. Thus found on the left and right of #cecec8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cloud and Celeste colors as they work well with Mexican Silver.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mexican Silver palette consists of #cbc8ce and #c8cbce colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c8c8ce). Try Gray Suit and Iron colors in combination with #cecec8, 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 #cecec8 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 Mexican Silver. Thus Pale Slate and Tiara giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mexican Silver contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary French Gray, Pumice, and Pale Slate split by 90° on the color wheel. #cecec8 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and red 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. Mexican Silver tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#c8c8ce) and two others. The Tiara is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Silver – 120° from the complementary French Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c8cece and #cec8c8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #cecec8 is made of 34% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Mexican Silver has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 5.77% and a lightness of 79.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cecec8 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.35% yellow and 19.22% black ink.

HEX #cecec8
RGB Decimal rgb(206,206,200)
RGB Percentage 34%, 34%, 33%
CMYK 0, 0, 2.35, 19.22
HSL hsl(60,5.77%,79.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(60,2.91%,80.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(82.6118,-1.0739,2.9699)
XYZ xyz(57.9502,61.4346,63.4473)
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