Pearly Putty Color

#dbd3bd

Pearly Putty is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, warm magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #242c42
Complementary Color #bdc5db
Color Shade: orange (44° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 80% (better contrasting with black)
Pearly Putty Color Sample
Pearly Putty Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dbd3bd

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Pearly Putty Color. The Treasure Map color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Wildwood (#cdb99b) for more energetic effect. Try Pony Tail as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bdc5db is the best complementary color to Pearly Putty. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dbd3bd complementary color is Blue Haze, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tana are #dbc4bd and #d4dbbd. Thus found on the left and right of #dbd3bd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wafer and Tana colors as they work well with Pearly Putty.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pearly Putty palette consists of #c4bddb and #bdd4db colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bdc5db). Try Lavender Gray and Jungle Mist colors in combination with #dbd3bd, 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 #dbd3bd offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pearly Putty. Thus Lavender Gray and Edgewater giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pearly Putty contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Haze, Surf, and Thistle split by 90° on the color wheel. #dbd3bd square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and warm magenta 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. Pearly Putty tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#bdc5db) and two others. The Edgewater is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pink Flare – 120° from the complementary Blue Haze. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bddbd3 and #dbbdc5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dbd3bd is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Pearly Putty has a hue angle of 44°, a saturation of 29.41% and a lightness of 80%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dbd3bd is made of 0% cyan, 3.13% magenta, 11.76% yellow and 14.12% black ink.

HEX #dbd3bd
RGB Decimal rgb(219,211,189)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 3.13, 11.76, 14.12
HSL hsl(44,29.41%,80%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(44,13.7%,85.88%)
CIE-LAB lab(84.6498,-0.9203,11.8743)
XYZ xyz(61.693,65.3227,57.5011)
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