White Lake Color

#e2e7e7

White Lake 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 #1d1818
Complementary Color #e6e2e2
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 89.61% (better contrasting with black)
White Lake Color Sample
White Lake Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e2e7e7

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to White Lake Color. The Whale's Mouth 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 saturated alternative called Cosmic Ray (#cadada) for more energetic effect. Try Ice Flow as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e6e2e2 is the best complementary color to White Lake. 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 #e2e7e7 complementary color is Bon Jour, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Porcelain are #e2e6e4 and #e2e4e6. Thus found on the left and right of #e2e7e7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gray Nurse and Iron colors as they work well with White Lake.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary White Lake palette consists of #e6e4e2 and #e6e2e4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e6e2e2). Try Ebb and Bon Jour colors in combination with #e2e7e7, 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 #e2e7e7 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 White Lake. Thus Cararra and Bon Jour giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of White Lake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bon Jour, Mischka, and Gray Nurse split by 90° on the color wheel. #e2e7e7 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, violet, mid red and cool yellow 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. White Lake tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#e6e2e2) 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 #e6e2e6 and #e2e6e2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e2e7e7 is made of 33% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode White Lake has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 9.43% and a lightness of 89.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e2e7e7 is made of 1.96% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black ink.

HEX #e2e7e7
RGB Decimal rgb(226,231,231)
RGB Percentage 33%, 34%, 34%
CMYK 1.96, 0, 0, 9.41
HSL hsl(180,9.43%,89.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,2.16%,90.59%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.275,-1.6648,-0.5939)
XYZ xyz(74.3637,79.0901,86.9478)
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