Silver Setting 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 | #272524 |
| Complementary Color | #dbd9d8 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (200° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 85.29% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Silver Setting Color. The Ash Blue 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 Galactic Tint (#c0c4c6) for more energetic effect. Try Foil as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#dbd9d8 is the best complementary color to Silver Setting. 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 #d8dadb complementary color is Alto, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Iron are #d8dbda and #d8d8db. Thus found on the left and right of #d8dadb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Iron and Iron colors as they work well with Silver Setting.
The split-complementary Silver Setting palette consists of #dbdad8 and #dbd8d8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dbd9d8). Try Quill Gray and Alto colors in combination with #d8dadb, 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 #d8dadb 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 Silver Setting. Thus Quill Gray and Bon Jour giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Silver Setting contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Alto, Mischka, and Tasman split by 90° on the color wheel. #d8dadb square combo is a palette of cool cyan, violet, 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. Silver Setting tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#dbd9d8) and two others. The Bon Jour is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pumice – 120° from the complementary Alto. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #dbd8da and #d8dbd9.
In a RGB color space, hex #d8dadb is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Silver Setting has a hue angle of 200°, a saturation of 4% and a lightness of 85.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d8dadb is made of 1.17% cyan, 0.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black ink.
| HEX | #d8dadb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(216,218,219) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 33%, 34% |
| CMYK | 1.17, 0.39, 0, 14.12 |
| HSL | hsl(200,4%,85.29%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(200,1.37%,85.88%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.9263,-0.49,-0.7373) |
| XYZ | xyz(66.1765,69.8562,77.0136) |