White Elephant is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or mid red
| Inverse Color | #21211a |
| Complementary Color | #e5e5dd |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (240° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 88.43% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to White Elephant Color. The Tulip Soft Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Lavender Honor (#c0c2d2) for more energetic effect. Try Silver Dagger as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#e5e5dd is the best complementary color to White Elephant. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #dedee5 complementary color is Cararra, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of blue cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mischka are #dde1e5 and #e1dde5. Thus found on the left and right of #dedee5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Geyser and Mischka colors as they work well with White Elephant.
The split-complementary White Elephant palette consists of #e1e5dd and #e5e1dd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e5e5dd). Try Gray Nurse and Westar colors in combination with #dedee5, 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 #dedee5 offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the White Elephant. Thus Gray Nurse and Ebb giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of White Elephant contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cararra, Bon Jour, and Nebula split by 90° on the color wheel. #dedee5 square combo is a palette of cool blue, red magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. White Elephant tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#e5e5dd) and two others. The Ebb is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Geyser – 120° from the complementary Cararra. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e5dddd and #dde5e5.
In a RGB color space, hex #dedee5 is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode White Elephant has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 11.86% and a lightness of 88.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #dedee5 is made of 2.74% cyan, 2.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black ink.
| HEX | #dedee5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(222,222,229) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 33%, 34% |
| CMYK | 2.74, 2.74, 0, 10.2 |
| HSL | hsl(240,11.86%,88.43%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(240,3.06%,89.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.6521,1.2804,-3.4252) |
| XYZ | xyz(70.3883,73.4293,84.5921) |