Silver City is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta
Inverse Color | #1d1b16 |
Complementary Color | #e8e6e2 |
Color Shade: | blue cyan (222.86° hue) |
Color Temperature: | cool |
Lightness: | 90% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Silver City Color. The Post Apocalyptic Cloud color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Link Water (#c7cdd8) for more energetic effect. Try Steel Mist as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#e8e6e2 is the best complementary color to Silver City. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e2e4e9 complementary color is Cararra, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Athens Gray are #e2e7e8 and #e3e2e8. Thus found on the left and right of #e2e4e9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Porcelain and Mischka colors as they work well with Silver City.
The split-complementary Silver City palette consists of #e7e8e2 and #e8e3e2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e8e6e2). Try Cararra and Ebb colors in combination with #e2e4e9, 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 #e2e4e9 offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Silver City. Thus Gray Nurse and Bon Jour giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Silver City contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cararra, Bon Jour, and Gray Nurse split by 90° on the color wheel. #e2e4e9 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Silver City tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#e8e6e2) and two others. The Bon Jour is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Nebula – 120° from the complementary Cararra. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e8e2e4 and #e2e8e6.
In a RGB color space, hex #e2e4e9 is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Silver City has a hue angle of 222.86°, a saturation of 13.73% and a lightness of 90%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e2e4e9 is made of 2.74% cyan, 1.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black ink.
HEX | #e2e4e9 |
RGB Decimal | rgb(226,228,233) |
RGB Percentage | 33%, 33%, 34% |
CMYK | 2.74, 1.96, 0, 8.63 |
HSL | hsl(222.86,13.73%,90%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(222.86,3%,91.37%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(90.569,0.2433,-2.6742) |
XYZ | xyz(73.8154,77.5387,88.1668) |