Maritime White Color

#e5e6e0

Maritime White is pale, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or mid cyan

Inverse Color #1a191f
Complementary Color #e1e0e5
Color Shade: mid yellow (70° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 89.02% (better contrasting with black)
Maritime White Color Sample
Maritime White Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e5e6e0

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Maritime White Color. The Frivolous Folly color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called September Song (#d5d8c8) for more energetic effect. Try Particular Mint as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e1e0e5 is the best complementary color to Maritime White. Mid blue shades generally complement the mid yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e5e6e0 complementary color is Mischka, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cararra are #e5e3e0 and #e2e5e0. Thus found on the left and right of #e5e6e0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Westar and Gray Nurse colors as they work well with Maritime White.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Maritime White palette consists of #e3e0e5 and #e0e2e5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e1e0e5). Try Mischka and Iron colors in combination with #e5e6e0, 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 #e5e6e0 offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Maritime White. Thus Bon Jour and Iron giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Maritime White contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mischka, Nebula, and Bon Jour split by 90° on the color wheel. #e5e6e0 square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red magenta 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. Maritime White tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#e1e0e5) and two others. The Iron is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Ebb – 120° from the complementary Mischka. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e0e4e5 and #e5e1e0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e5e6e0 is made of 34% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Maritime White has a hue angle of 70°, a saturation of 10.71% and a lightness of 89.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e5e6e0 is made of 0.4% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.36% yellow and 9.8% black ink.

HEX #e5e6e0
RGB Decimal rgb(229,230,224)
RGB Percentage 34%, 34%, 33%
CMYK 0.4, 0, 2.36, 9.8
HSL hsl(70,10.71%,89.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(70,2.61%,90.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.0682,-1.3921,2.7897)
XYZ xyz(74.0645,78.6335,81.7952)
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