Happy Thoughts 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 | #2e2014 |
| Complementary Color | #ebddd1 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (207.69° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 87.06% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Happy Thoughts Color. The Emily 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 Beautiful Dream (#b6c7e3) for more energetic effect. Try Light Steel Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#ebddd1 is the best complementary color to Happy Thoughts. 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 #d1dfeb complementary color is Bizarre, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Botticelli are #d1ebea and #d1d2eb. Thus found on the left and right of #d1dfeb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Swans Down and Periwinkle Gray colors as they work well with Happy Thoughts.
The split-complementary Happy Thoughts palette consists of #ebead1 and #ebd1d2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ebddd1). Try Aths Special and Oyster Pink colors in combination with #d1dfeb, 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 #d1dfeb 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 Happy Thoughts. Thus Kidnapper and Melanie giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Happy Thoughts contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bizarre, Snuff, and Zanah split by 90° on the color wheel. #d1dfeb square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Happy Thoughts tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#ebddd1) and two others. The Melanie is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Skeptic – 120° from the complementary Bizarre. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ebd1df and #d1ebdd.
In a RGB color space, hex #d1dfeb is made of 31% red, 33% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Happy Thoughts has a hue angle of 207.69°, a saturation of 39.39% and a lightness of 87.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d1dfeb is made of 10.2% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black ink.
| HEX | #d1dfeb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(209,223,235) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 33%, 35% |
| CMYK | 10.2, 4.71, 0, 7.84 |
| HSL | hsl(207.69,39.39%,87.06%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(207.69,11.06%,92.16%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.1266,-2.3381,-7.4644) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.6776,72.3288,88.9911) |