Malted Milk Color

#e8d9ce

Malted Milk 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 #172631
Complementary Color #cedde8
Color Shade: warm red (25.38° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 85.88% (better contrasting with black)
Malted Milk Color Sample
Malted Milk Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e8d9ce

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Malted Milk Color. The Sunwashed Brick 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 Candle Light (#ddc1a6) for more energetic effect. Try Adobe Beige as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#cedde8 is the best complementary color to Malted Milk. 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 #e8d9ce complementary color is Botticelli, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Bizarre are #e8ced0 and #e8e6ce. Thus found on the left and right of #e8d9ce on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Oyster Pink and White Rock colors as they work well with Malted Milk.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Malted Milk palette consists of #ced0e8 and #cee8e6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cedde8). Try Periwinkle Gray and Botticelli colors in combination with #e8d9ce, 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 #e8d9ce 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 Malted Milk. Thus Snuff and Skeptic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Malted Milk contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Botticelli, Zanah, and Snuff split by 90° on the color wheel. #e8d9ce 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. Malted Milk tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#cedde8) and two others. The Skeptic is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Melanie – 120° from the complementary Botticelli. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cee8d9 and #e8cedd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e8d9ce is made of 35% red, 33% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Malted Milk has a hue angle of 25.38°, a saturation of 36.11% and a lightness of 85.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e8d9ce is made of 0% cyan, 5.88% magenta, 10.2% yellow and 9.02% black ink.

HEX #e8d9ce
RGB Decimal rgb(232,217,206)
RGB Percentage 35%, 33%, 31%
CMYK 0, 5.88, 10.2, 9.02
HSL hsl(25.38,36.11%,85.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(25.38,11.21%,90.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(87.6004,3.3229,7.2544)
XYZ xyz(69.2321,71.2377,68.4939)
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