Cold Morning Color

#e6e5e4

Cold Morning is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #191a1b
Complementary Color #e4e5e6
Color Shade: warm red (30° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 89.8% (better contrasting with black)
Cold Morning Color Sample
Cold Morning Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e6e5e4

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Cold Morning Color. The Free Reign color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Orca White (#d0ccc9) for more energetic effect. Try Ravine as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e4e5e6 is the best complementary color to Cold Morning. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e6e5e4 complementary color is Iron, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Mercury are #e6e4e4 and #e6e6e4. Thus found on the left and right of #e6e5e4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mercury and Quill Gray colors as they work well with Cold Morning.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cold Morning palette consists of #e4e4e6 and #e4e6e6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e4e5e6). Try Iron and Black Haze colors in combination with #e6e5e4, 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 #e6e5e4 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cold Morning. Thus Mischka and Black Haze giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cold Morning contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Iron, Gray Nurse, and Bon Jour split by 90° on the color wheel. #e6e5e4 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Cold Morning tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#e4e5e6) and two others. The Black Haze is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bon Jour – 120° from the complementary Iron. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e4e6e5 and #e6e4e5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e6e5e4 is made of 33% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Cold Morning has a hue angle of 30°, a saturation of 3.85% and a lightness of 89.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e6e5e4 is made of 0% cyan, 0.4% magenta, 0.79% yellow and 9.8% black ink.

HEX #e6e5e4
RGB Decimal rgb(230,229,228)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 0.4, 0.79, 9.8
HSL hsl(30,3.85%,89.8%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(30,0.87%,90.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(90.9908,0.1633,0.595)
XYZ xyz(74.656,78.4631,84.6089)
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