Cosmic Dust is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta
| Inverse Color | #231d1a |
| Complementary Color | #e5dfdb |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (200° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 88.04% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Cosmic Dust Color. The Alice White color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Light Pure Blue (#c2d2d8) for more energetic effect. Try Stone Golem as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#e5dfdb is the best complementary color to Cosmic Dust. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dce2e5 complementary color is Westar, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Geyser are #dbe5e3 and #dbdde5. Thus found on the left and right of #dce2e5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Geyser and Mischka colors as they work well with Cosmic Dust.
The split-complementary Cosmic Dust palette consists of #e5e3db and #e5dbdd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e5dfdb). Try Westar and Ebb colors in combination with #dce2e5, 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 #dce2e5 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cosmic Dust. Thus Green White and Lola giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cosmic Dust contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Westar, Mischka, and Gray Nurse split by 90° on the color wheel. #dce2e5 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Cosmic Dust tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#e5dfdb) and two others. The Lola 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 #e5dbe2 and #dbe5df.
In a RGB color space, hex #dce2e5 is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Cosmic Dust has a hue angle of 200°, a saturation of 14.75% and a lightness of 88.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dce2e5 is made of 3.53% cyan, 1.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black ink.
| HEX | #dce2e5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(220,226,229) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 33%, 34% |
| CMYK | 3.53, 1.17, 0, 10.2 |
| HSL | hsl(200,14.75%,88.04%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(200,3.93%,89.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(89.5172,-1.4525,-2.1722) |
| XYZ | xyz(70.8544,75.2655,84.922) |