Nostalgia Color

#d6b8bd

Nostalgia is pale, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #294742
Complementary Color #b7d6d1
Color Shade: cool red (350° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 78.04% (better contrasting with white)
Nostalgia Color Sample
Nostalgia Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d6b8bd

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Nostalgia Color. The Lower Lilac color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Death Cap (#e7d9db) for more calm effect. Try Faded Firebrick as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b7d6d1 is the best complementary color to Nostalgia. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d6b8bd complementary color is Jet Stream, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Clam Shell are #d6b7cc and #d6c2b7. Thus found on the left and right of #d6b8bd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Maverick and Soft Amber colors as they work well with Nostalgia.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Nostalgia palette consists of #b7ccd6 and #b7d6c2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b7d6d1). Try Jungle Mist and Gum Leaf colors in combination with #d6b8bd, 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 #d6b8bd offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Nostalgia. Thus Lavender Gray and Pixie Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Nostalgia contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jet Stream, Green Mist, and Lavender Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #d6b8bd square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue 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. Nostalgia tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#b7d6d1) and two others. The Pixie Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and London Hue – 120° from the complementary Jet Stream. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bcd6b7 and #d1b7d6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d6b8bd is made of 36% red, 31% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Nostalgia has a hue angle of 350°, a saturation of 26.79% and a lightness of 78.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d6b8bd is made of 0% cyan, 11.76% magenta, 9.8% yellow and 16.08% black ink.

HEX #d6b8bd
RGB Decimal rgb(214,184,189)
RGB Percentage 36%, 31%, 32%
CMYK 0, 11.76, 9.8, 16.08
HSL hsl(350,26.79%,78.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(350,14.02%,83.92%)
CIE-LAB lab(77.4308,11.5433,1.4401)
XYZ xyz(54.0574,52.2512,55.3805)
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