Pelican Feather Color

#e8c3c2

Pelican Feather is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #173c3d
Complementary Color #c1e7e8
Color Shade: mid red (1.58° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 83.53% (better contrasting with black)
Pelican Feather Color Sample
Pelican Feather Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e8c3c2

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pelican Feather Color. The Morningside color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Petal Pink (#f2e2e0) for more calm effect. Try Pearly Flesh as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#c1e7e8 is the best complementary color to Pelican Feather. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e8c3c2 complementary color is Jagged Ice, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cavern Pink are #e8c1d3 and #e8d5c1. Thus found on the left and right of #e8c3c2 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Melanie and Stark White colors as they work well with Pelican Feather.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pelican Feather palette consists of #c1d3e8 and #c1e8d5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c1e7e8). Try Periwinkle Gray and Jagged Ice colors in combination with #e8c3c2, 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 #e8c3c2 offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pelican Feather. Thus Periwinkle Gray and Fringy Flower giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pelican Feather contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jagged Ice, Beryl Green, and Prelude split by 90° on the color wheel. #e8c3c2 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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. Pelican Feather tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#c1e7e8) and two others. The Fringy Flower is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Melanie – 120° from the complementary Jagged Ice. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c1e8c2 and #e8c1e7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e8c3c2 is made of 37% red, 31% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Pelican Feather has a hue angle of 1.58°, a saturation of 45.24% and a lightness of 83.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e8c3c2 is made of 0% cyan, 14.51% magenta, 14.9% yellow and 9.02% black ink.

HEX #e8c3c2
RGB Decimal rgb(232,195,194)
RGB Percentage 37%, 31%, 31%
CMYK 0, 14.51, 14.9, 9.02
HSL hsl(1.58,45.24%,83.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(1.58,16.38%,90.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(81.8822,12.961,5.3974)
XYZ xyz(62.5314,60.0811,59.34)
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