Inked Silk Color

#d9dce4

Inked Silk is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or cool red

Inverse Color #26231b
Complementary Color #e4e1d8
Color Shade: blue cyan (223.64° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 87.25% (better contrasting with black)
Inked Silk Color Sample
Inked Silk Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #d9dce4

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Inked Silk Color. The Angelic Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Whomp Grey (#bec1cf) for more calm effect. Try Iced Lavender as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e4e1d8 is the best complementary color to Inked Silk. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d9dce4 complementary color is Westar, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mischka are #d8e1e4 and #dbd8e4. Thus found on the left and right of #d9dce4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Geyser and Mischka colors as they work well with Inked Silk.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Inked Silk palette consists of #e1e4d8 and #e4dbd8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e4e1d8). Try Green White and Swiss Coffee colors in combination with #d9dce4, 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 #d9dce4 offers a combination of yellow green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Inked Silk. Thus Periglacial Blue and Ebb giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Inked Silk contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Westar, Lola, and Tasman split by 90° on the color wheel. #d9dce4 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, warm magenta, orange and mid 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. Inked Silk tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#e4e1d8) and two others. The Ebb is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Nebula – 120° from the complementary Westar. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e4d8db and #d8e4e1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #d9dce4 is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Inked Silk has a hue angle of 223.64°, a saturation of 16.92% and a lightness of 87.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d9dce4 is made of 4.31% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black ink.

HEX #d9dce4
RGB Decimal rgb(217,220,228)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 34%
CMYK 4.31, 3.14, 0, 10.59
HSL hsl(223.64,16.92%,87.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(223.64,4.82%,89.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(87.7465,0.4727,-4.2737)
XYZ xyz(68.2121,71.5395,83.6121)
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