Lily Lavender is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or mid red
| Inverse Color | #191917 |
| Complementary Color | #e8e8e6 |
| Color Shade: | cool blue (240° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 90.59% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Lily Lavender Color. The Glacier Pearl color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Dirty Snow (#cdced5) for more energetic effect. Try Light Kiri Mist as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#e8e8e6 is the best complementary color to Lily Lavender. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e6e6e8 complementary color is Desert Storm, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Iron are #e6e7e8 and #e7e6e8. Thus found on the left and right of #e6e6e8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Iron and Mischka colors as they work well with Lily Lavender.
The split-complementary Lily Lavender palette consists of #e7e8e6 and #e8e7e6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e8e8e6). Try Gray Nurse and Mercury colors in combination with #e6e6e8, 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 #e6e6e8 offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Lily Lavender. Thus Gray Nurse and Mercury giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Lily Lavender contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Desert Storm, Bon Jour, and Black Haze split by 90° on the color wheel. #e6e6e8 square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Lily Lavender tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#e8e8e6) and two others. The Mercury is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Black Haze – 120° from the complementary Desert Storm. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e8e6e6 and #e6e8e8.
In a RGB color space, hex #e6e6e8 is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Lily Lavender has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 4.17% and a lightness of 90.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e6e6e8 is made of 0.78% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black ink.
| HEX | #e6e6e8 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(230,230,232) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 33%, 34% |
| CMYK | 0.78, 0.78, 0, 9.02 |
| HSL | hsl(240,4.17%,90.59%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(240,0.86%,90.98%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.344,0.3632,-0.9803) |
| XYZ | xyz(75.4954,79.2428,87.6603) |