Pale Cornflower Color

#ced9e1

Pale Cornflower is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #31261e
Complementary Color #e1d6ce
Color Shade: cool cyan (205.26° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 84.51% (better contrasting with black)
Pale Cornflower Color Sample
Pale Cornflower Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ced9e1

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Pale Cornflower Color. The Sea Wind color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Casper (#adbed1) for more energetic effect. Try Simpatico Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e1d6ce is the best complementary color to Pale Cornflower. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ced9e1 complementary color is Wafer, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Geyser are #cee1df and #cecfe1. Thus found on the left and right of #ced9e1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Geyser and Blue Haze colors as they work well with Pale Cornflower.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pale Cornflower palette consists of #e1dfce and #e1cecf colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e1d6ce). Try Satin Linen and Wafer colors in combination with #ced9e1, 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 #ced9e1 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pale Cornflower. Thus Periglacial Blue and Lola giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pale Cornflower contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wafer, Snuff, and Sea Mist split by 90° on the color wheel. #ced9e1 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Pale Cornflower tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#e1d6ce) and two others. The Lola is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Paris White – 120° from the complementary Wafer. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e1ced8 and #cee1d6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ced9e1 is made of 32% red, 33% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Pale Cornflower has a hue angle of 205.26°, a saturation of 24.05% and a lightness of 84.51%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ced9e1 is made of 7.46% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black ink.

HEX #ced9e1
RGB Decimal rgb(206,217,225)
RGB Percentage 32%, 33%, 35%
CMYK 7.46, 3.14, 0, 11.76
HSL hsl(205.26,24.05%,84.51%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(205.26,8.44%,88.24%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.0983,-2.16,-5.2099)
XYZ xyz(63.8571,68.1838,81.0293)
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