Cornerstone is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #1c2844 |
| Complementary Color | #bbc7e3 |
| Color Shade: | orange (42° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 81.18% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Cornerstone Color. The Glamorous White color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Severe Seal (#eee7de) for more calm effect. Try Coco as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#bbc7e3 is the best complementary color to Cornerstone. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e3d7bb complementary color is Periwinkle Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Stark White are #e3c3bb and #dae3bb. Thus found on the left and right of #e3d7bb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cavern Pink and Beryl Green colors as they work well with Cornerstone.
The split-complementary Cornerstone palette consists of #c3bbe3 and #bbdae3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bbc7e3). Try Prelude and Ziggurat colors in combination with #e3d7bb, 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 #e3d7bb offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cornerstone. Thus Prelude and Jagged Ice giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Cornerstone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Fringy Flower, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e3d7bb square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Cornerstone tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#bbc7e3) and two others. The Jagged Ice is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cavern Pink – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bbe3d7 and #e3bbc7.
In a RGB color space, hex #e3d7bb is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Cornerstone has a hue angle of 42°, a saturation of 41.67% and a lightness of 81.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e3d7bb is made of 0% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 15.69% yellow and 10.98% black ink.
| HEX | #e3d7bb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(227,215,187) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 34%, 30% |
| CMYK | 0, 4.71, 15.69, 10.98 |
| HSL | hsl(42,41.67%,81.18%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(42,17.62%,89.02%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.2656,-0.4002,15.3047) |
| XYZ | xyz(64.9486,68.5196,56.8162) |