Bashful Color

#e3eded

Bashful 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 #1c1212
Complementary Color #ede3e3
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 90.98% (better contrasting with black)
Bashful Color Sample
Bashful Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e3eded

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Bashful Color. The Open Air 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 Byte Blue (#c5dce0) for more energetic effect. Try Light Dante Peak as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#ede3e3 is the best complementary color to Bashful. 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 #e3eded complementary color is Soft Peach, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mystic are #e3ede8 and #e3e8ed. Thus found on the left and right of #e3eded on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gin and Mystic colors as they work well with Bashful.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bashful palette consists of #ede8e3 and #ede3e8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ede3e3). Try Pampas and Soft Peach colors in combination with #e3eded, 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 #e3eded 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 Bashful. Thus Green White and Prim giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bashful contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Soft Peach, Whisper, and Green White split by 90° on the color wheel. #e3eded square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, 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. Bashful tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#ede3e3) and two others. The Prim is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gin – 120° from the complementary Soft Peach. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ede3ed and #e3ede3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e3eded is made of 32% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Bashful has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 21.74% and a lightness of 90.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e3eded is made of 3.92% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black ink.

HEX #e3eded
RGB Decimal rgb(227,237,237)
RGB Percentage 32%, 34%, 34%
CMYK 3.92, 0, 0, 7.06
HSL hsl(180,21.74%,90.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,4.22%,92.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(93.0204,-3.3052,-1.1607)
XYZ xyz(77.2488,83.0137,92.0726)
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