Light Duck Egg Cream Color

#d5ebdd

Light Duck Egg Cream is pale, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, warm yellow or warm blue

Inverse Color #2a1422
Complementary Color #ebd5e2
Color Shade: cool green (141.82° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 87.84% (better contrasting with black)
Light Duck Egg Cream Color Sample
Light Duck Egg Cream Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d5ebdd

If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Light Duck Egg Cream Color. The Aqua Bay color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Ice Mist (#b6dbbf) for more calm effect. Try Quantum Effect as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#ebd5e2 is the best complementary color to Light Duck Egg Cream. Warm magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d5ebdd complementary color is Prim, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Skeptic are #d8ebd5 and #d5ebe8. Thus found on the left and right of #d5ebdd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Zanah and Swans Down colors as they work well with Light Duck Egg Cream.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Light Duck Egg Cream palette consists of #ebd5d8 and #e8d5eb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ebd5e2). Try Oyster Pink and Snuff colors in combination with #d5ebdd, 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 #d5ebdd offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Light Duck Egg Cream. Thus Bizarre and Snuff giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Light Duck Egg Cream contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Prim, Periwinkle Gray, and White Rock split by 90° on the color wheel. #d5ebdd square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and warm yellow 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. Light Duck Egg Cream tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#ebd5e2) and two others. The Snuff is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Kidnapper – 120° from the complementary Prim. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ddd5eb and #e3ebd5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d5ebdd is made of 32% red, 35% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Light Duck Egg Cream has a hue angle of 141.82°, a saturation of 35.48% and a lightness of 87.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d5ebdd is made of 8.63% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.49% yellow and 7.84% black ink.

HEX #d5ebdd
RGB Decimal rgb(213,235,221)
RGB Percentage 32%, 35%, 33%
CMYK 8.63, 0, 5.49, 7.84
HSL hsl(141.82,35.48%,87.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(141.82,9.36%,92.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.1361,-9.8305,4.312)
XYZ xyz(70.2,78.7833,79.9134)
;