Silica Color

#dbd4bf

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

Inverse Color #242b40
Complementary Color #bfc5db
Color Shade: orange (45° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 80.39% (better contrasting with black)
Silica Color Sample
Silica Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dbd4bf

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Silica Color. The Tumblin' Tumbleweed color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Polished Marble (#d0bc9d) for more energetic effect. Try Bluff Stone as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bfc5db is the best complementary color to Silica. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dbd4bf complementary color is Blue Haze, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tana are #dbc6bf and #d3dbbf. Thus found on the left and right of #dbd4bf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wafer and Tana colors as they work well with Silica.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Silica palette consists of #c6bfdb and #bfd3db colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bfc5db). Try Lavender Gray and Jungle Mist colors in combination with #dbd4bf, 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 #dbd4bf offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Silica. Thus Lavender Gray and Jet Stream giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Silica contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Haze, Surf, and Thistle split by 90° on the color wheel. #dbd4bf square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue 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. Silica tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#bfc5db) and two others. The Jet Stream 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 #bfdbd4 and #dbbfc5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dbd4bf is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Silica has a hue angle of 45°, a saturation of 28% and a lightness of 80.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dbd4bf is made of 0% cyan, 2.74% magenta, 10.98% yellow and 14.12% black ink.

HEX #dbd4bf
RGB Decimal rgb(219,212,191)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 2.74, 10.98, 14.12
HSL hsl(45,28%,80.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(45,12.79%,85.88%)
CIE-LAB lab(84.9498,-1.1219,11.2428)
XYZ xyz(62.1609,65.9086,58.7356)
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