Polished Limestone Color

#dcd5c8

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

Inverse Color #232a37
Complementary Color #c8cfdb
Color Shade: orange (39° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 82.35% (better contrasting with black)
Polished Limestone Color Sample
Polished Limestone Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #dcd5c8

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Polished Limestone Color. The Dinosaur Egg 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 Vanilla Doe (#d1bea8) for more energetic effect. Try Dhurrie Beige as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c8cfdb is the best complementary color to Polished Limestone. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dcd5c8 complementary color is Ghost, 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 Sisal are #dbcbc8 and #d8dbc8. Thus found on the left and right of #dcd5c8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wafer and Moon Mist colors as they work well with Polished Limestone.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Polished Limestone palette consists of #cbc8db and #c8d8db colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c8cfdb). Try Blue Haze and Geyser colors in combination with #dcd5c8, 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 #dcd5c8 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 Polished Limestone. Thus Blue Haze and Paris White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Polished Limestone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ghost, Sea Mist, and Maverick split by 90° on the color wheel. #dcd5c8 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Polished Limestone tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#c8cfdb) and two others. The Paris White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lola – 120° from the complementary Ghost. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c8dbd4 and #dbc8ce.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #dcd5c8 is made of 35% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Polished Limestone has a hue angle of 39°, a saturation of 22.22% and a lightness of 82.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dcd5c8 is made of 0% cyan, 2.74% magenta, 7.84% yellow and 13.73% black ink.

HEX #dcd5c8
RGB Decimal rgb(220,213,200)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0, 2.74, 7.84, 13.73
HSL hsl(39,22.22%,82.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(39,9.09%,86.27%)
CIE-LAB lab(85.491,0.178,7.2657)
XYZ xyz(63.7348,66.9743,64.2117)
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