Lady's Slipper Color

#e3e3ea

Lady's Slipper is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, green cyan or mid red

Inverse Color #1c1c15
Complementary Color #eaeae2
Color Shade: cool blue (240° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 90.39% (better contrasting with black)
Lady's Slipper Color Sample
Lady's Slipper Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e3e3ea

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Lady's Slipper Color. The Breezy Violet color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Ghost (#c7c9d5) for more energetic effect. Try Lunar Dust as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#eaeae2 is the best complementary color to Lady's Slipper. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e3e3ea complementary color is Cararra, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Athens Gray are #e2e6ea and #e6e2ea. Thus found on the left and right of #e3e3ea on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Athens Gray and Mischka colors as they work well with Lady's Slipper.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Lady's Slipper palette consists of #e6eae2 and #eae6e2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#eaeae2). Try Gray Nurse and Cararra colors in combination with #e3e3ea, 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 #e3e3ea offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Lady's Slipper. Thus Gray Nurse and Ebb giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Lady's Slipper contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cararra, Bon Jour, and Gray Nurse split by 90° on the color wheel. #e3e3ea square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and green cyan 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. Lady's Slipper tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#eaeae2) and two others. The Ebb is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mystic – 120° from the complementary Cararra. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #eae2e2 and #e2eaea.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e3e3ea is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Lady's Slipper has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 14.29% and a lightness of 90.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e3e3ea is made of 2.74% cyan, 2.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black ink.

HEX #e3e3ea
RGB Decimal rgb(227,227,234)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 34%
CMYK 2.74, 2.74, 0, 8.24
HSL hsl(240,14.29%,90.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(240,2.99%,91.76%)
CIE-LAB lab(90.418,1.2748,-3.4112)
XYZ xyz(73.9989,77.2096,88.8447)
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