Shaving Cream is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid red, cool yellow or cool magenta
| Inverse Color | #1e1a1a |
| Complementary Color | #e4e1e1 |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (180° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 89.02% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Shaving Cream Color. The Offshore Mist color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Iron Fist (#cbcdcd) for more calm effect. Try Whale's Mouth as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#e4e1e1 is the best complementary color to Shaving Cream. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e1e5e5 complementary color is Bon Jour, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Iron are #e1e4e3 and #e1e3e4. Thus found on the left and right of #e1e5e5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Black Haze and Iron colors as they work well with Shaving Cream.
The split-complementary Shaving Cream palette consists of #e4e3e1 and #e4e1e3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e4e1e1). Try Westar and Bon Jour colors in combination with #e1e5e5, 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 #e1e5e5 offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Shaving Cream. Thus Quill Gray and Bon Jour giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Shaving Cream contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bon Jour, Mischka, and Quill Gray split by 90° on the color wheel. #e1e5e5 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, violet, mid red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Shaving Cream tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#e4e1e1) and two others. The Bon Jour is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gray Nurse – 120° from the complementary Bon Jour. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e4e1e4 and #e1e4e1.
In a RGB color space, hex #e1e5e5 is made of 33% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Shaving Cream has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 7.14% and a lightness of 89.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e1e5e5 is made of 1.56% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black ink.
| HEX | #e1e5e5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(225,229,229) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 34%, 34% |
| CMYK | 1.56, 0, 0, 10.2 |
| HSL | hsl(180,7.14%,89.02%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(180,1.75%,89.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.6443,-1.3341,-0.4787) |
| XYZ | xyz(73.2135,77.7033,85.2682) |