Silent Delight is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta
| Inverse Color | #1a1817 |
| Complementary Color | #e8e6e5 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (200° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 90.39% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Silent Delight Color. The White Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Shiny Nickel (#ccd3d8) for more energetic effect. Try Polar Drift as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#e8e6e5 is the best complementary color to Silent Delight. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e5e7e8 complementary color is Mercury, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Iron are #e5e8e7 and #e5e5e8. Thus found on the left and right of #e5e7e8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Black Haze and Mischka colors as they work well with Silent Delight.
The split-complementary Silent Delight palette consists of #e8e7e5 and #e8e5e5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e8e6e5). Try Cararra and Bon Jour colors in combination with #e5e7e8, 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 #e5e7e8 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Silent Delight. Thus Cararra and Bon Jour giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Silent Delight contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mercury, Mischka, and Gray Nurse split by 90° on the color wheel. #e5e7e8 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, violet, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Silent Delight tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#e8e6e5) and two others. The Bon Jour is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gray Nurse – 120° from the complementary Mercury. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e8e5e7 and #e5e8e6.
In a RGB color space, hex #e5e7e8 is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Silent Delight has a hue angle of 200°, a saturation of 6.12% and a lightness of 90.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e5e7e8 is made of 1.18% cyan, 0.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black ink.
| HEX | #e5e7e8 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(229,231,232) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 33%, 34% |
| CMYK | 1.18, 0.39, 0, 9.02 |
| HSL | hsl(200,6.12%,90.39%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(200,1.29%,90.98%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.5213,-0.4845,-0.7299) |
| XYZ | xyz(75.4545,79.636,87.7383) |