Dream Catcher Color

#e5ebea

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

Inverse Color #1a1415
Complementary Color #eae5e6
Color Shade: warm cyan (170° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 90.98% (better contrasting with black)
Dream Catcher Color Sample
Dream Catcher Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e5ebea

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Dream Catcher Color. The Geyser Steam color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Blue Cypress (#cbdbd7) for more energetic effect. Try Light Pale Icelandish as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#eae5e6 is the best complementary color to Dream Catcher. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e5ebea complementary color is Ebb, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Porcelain are #e5eae7 and #e5e9ea. Thus found on the left and right of #e5ebea on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gray Nurse and Porcelain colors as they work well with Dream Catcher.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dream Catcher palette consists of #eae7e5 and #eae5e9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#eae5e6). Try Ebb and Bon Jour colors in combination with #e5ebea, 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 #e5ebea 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 Dream Catcher. Thus Cararra and Mischka giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dream Catcher contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ebb, Mischka, and Cararra split by 90° on the color wheel. #e5ebea square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and mid 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. Dream Catcher tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#eae5e6) and two others. The Mischka is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gray Nurse – 120° from the complementary Ebb. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e9e5ea and #e6eae5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e5ebea is made of 33% red, 34% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Dream Catcher has a hue angle of 170°, a saturation of 13.04% and a lightness of 90.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e5ebea is made of 2.36% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.4% yellow and 7.84% black ink.

HEX #e5ebea
RGB Decimal rgb(229,235,234)
RGB Percentage 33%, 34%, 34%
CMYK 2.36, 0, 0.4, 7.84
HSL hsl(170,13.04%,90.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(170,2.55%,92.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(92.5816,-2.172,-0.2235)
XYZ xyz(76.8727,82.0152,89.6208)
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