Melted Ice Cream is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green
| Inverse Color | #234859 |
| Complementary Color | #a6cadb |
| Color Shade: | warm red (18.89° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 75.69% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Melted Ice Cream Color. The Soft Shoe color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Woolly Beige (#e7d5c9) for more calm effect. Try Rose Lotion as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#a6cadb is the best complementary color to Melted Ice Cream. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dcb7a6 complementary color is Aqua Island, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cameo are #dba6b0 and #dbd2a6. Thus found on the left and right of #dcb7a6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Careys Pink and Sapling colors as they work well with Melted Ice Cream.
The split-complementary Melted Ice Cream palette consists of #a6b0db and #a6dbd2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a6cadb). Try Cold Purple and Aqua Island colors in combination with #dcb7a6, 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 #dcb7a6 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Melted Ice Cream. Thus Cold Purple and Fringy Flower giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Melted Ice Cream contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aqua Island, Moss Green, and Light Wisteria split by 90° on the color wheel. #dcb7a6 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Melted Ice Cream tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#a6cadb) and two others. The Fringy Flower is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Blossom – 120° from the complementary Aqua Island. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a6dbb7 and #dba6ca.
In a RGB color space, hex #dcb7a6 is made of 39% red, 32% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Melted Ice Cream has a hue angle of 18.89°, a saturation of 43.55% and a lightness of 75.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dcb7a6 is made of 0% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 21.17% yellow and 13.73% black ink.
| HEX | #dcb7a6 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(220,183,166) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 32%, 29% |
| CMYK | 0, 14.51, 21.17, 13.73 |
| HSL | hsl(18.89,43.55%,75.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(18.89,24.55%,86.27%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.1825,10.7512,13.6175) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.3316,51.8358,43.2708) |