Water Lily White Color

#e6d6c4

Water Lily White is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #19293b
Complementary Color #c4d4e5
Color Shade: orange (31.76° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 83.53% (better contrasting with black)
Water Lily White Color Sample
Water Lily White Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e6d6c4

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Water Lily White Color. The Treeless color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Likeable Sand (#d1b7a8) for more calm effect. Try Surrey Cream as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c4d4e5 is the best complementary color to Water Lily White. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e6d6c4 complementary color is Periwinkle Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Bone are #e5c5c4 and #e4e5c4. Thus found on the left and right of #e6d6c4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cavern Pink and Beryl Green colors as they work well with Water Lily White.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Water Lily White palette consists of #c5c4e5 and #c4e4e5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c4d4e5). Try Periwinkle Gray and Ziggurat colors in combination with #e6d6c4, 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 #e6d6c4 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Water Lily White. Thus Prelude and Skeptic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Water Lily White contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Zanah, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e6d6c4 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Water Lily White tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#c4d4e5) and two others. The Skeptic is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Melanie – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c4e5d6 and #e5c4d4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e6d6c4 is made of 36% red, 33% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Water Lily White has a hue angle of 31.76°, a saturation of 40.48% and a lightness of 83.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e6d6c4 is made of 0% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 13.34% yellow and 9.8% black ink.

HEX #e6d6c4
RGB Decimal rgb(230,214,196)
RGB Percentage 36%, 33%, 31%
CMYK 0, 6.28, 13.34, 9.8
HSL hsl(31.76,40.48%,83.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(31.76,14.78%,90.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.4553,2.5801,10.8665)
XYZ xyz(66.6435,68.9017,62.0114)
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