Dust Bowl Color

#e2d8d3

Dust Bowl is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #1d272c
Complementary Color #d3dce2
Color Shade: warm red (20° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 85.69% (better contrasting with black)
Dust Bowl Color Sample
Dust Bowl Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e2d8d3

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Dust Bowl Color. The Autumn Haze color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Reindeer (#dac0ba) for more energetic effect. Try Forever Fairytale as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#d3dce2 is the best complementary color to Dust Bowl. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e2d8d3 complementary color is Geyser, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Wafer are #e2d3d5 and #e2dfd3. Thus found on the left and right of #e2d8d3 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wafer and Moon Mist colors as they work well with Dust Bowl.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dust Bowl palette consists of #d3d5e2 and #d3e2df colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d3dce2). Try Mischka and Nebula colors in combination with #e2d8d3, 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 #e2d8d3 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Dust Bowl. Thus Mischka and Paris White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dust Bowl contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Geyser, Tasman, and Mischka split by 90° on the color wheel. #e2d8d3 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Dust Bowl tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#d3dce2) and two others. The Paris White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lola – 120° from the complementary Geyser. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d3e2d8 and #e2d3dc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e2d8d3 is made of 35% red, 33% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Dust Bowl has a hue angle of 20°, a saturation of 20.55% and a lightness of 85.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e2d8d3 is made of 0% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 5.88% yellow and 11.37% black ink.

HEX #e2d8d3
RGB Decimal rgb(226,216,211)
RGB Percentage 35%, 33%, 32%
CMYK 0, 3.92, 5.88, 11.37
HSL hsl(20,20.55%,85.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(20,6.64%,88.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.9888,2.5666,3.6726)
XYZ xyz(67.6778,69.9836,71.5692)
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