Delirious Donkey Color

#ddcccc

Delirious Donkey is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #233
Complementary Color #cdd
Color Shade: mid red (0° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 83.33% (better contrasting with black)
Delirious Donkey Color Sample
Delirious Donkey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ddcccc

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Delirious Donkey Color. The Shell Brook color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Frosty Morning (#efe8e8) for more calm effect. Try Flower Girl Dress as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#cdd is the best complementary color to Delirious Donkey. Warm cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dcc complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #ddccd4 and #ddd4cc. Thus found on the left and right of #dcc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lola and Wafer colors as they work well with Delirious Donkey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Delirious Donkey palette consists of #ccd4dd and #ccddd4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cdd). Try Geyser and Paris White colors in combination with #dcc, 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 #dcc offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Delirious Donkey. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Delirious Donkey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Moon Mist, and Mischka split by 90° on the color wheel. #dcc square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, warm cyan and warm blue 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. Delirious Donkey tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#cdd) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cdc and #dcd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ddcccc is made of 35% red, 32% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Delirious Donkey has a hue angle of 0°, a saturation of 20% and a lightness of 83.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ddcccc is made of 0% cyan, 6.67% magenta, 6.67% yellow and 13.33% black ink.

HEX #ddcccc
RGB Decimal rgb(221,204,204)
RGB Percentage 35%, 32%, 32%
CMYK 0, 6.67, 6.67, 13.33
HSL hsl(0,20%,83.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(0,7.69%,86.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(83.399,5.9112,2.1273)
XYZ xyz(62.3107,62.9175,65.9869)
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