Heavy Cream 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 | #172239 |
| Complementary Color | #c6d1e7 |
| Color Shade: | orange (40.59° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 84.31% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Heavy Cream Color. The Fortune Cookie color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Riviera Retreat (#d9c0a6) for more calm effect. Try Pancake Mix as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#c6d1e7 is the best complementary color to Heavy Cream. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e8ddc6 complementary color is Periwinkle Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Stark White are #e7ccc6 and #e1e7c6. Thus found on the left and right of #e8ddc6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Oyster Pink and Beryl Green colors as they work well with Heavy Cream.
The split-complementary Heavy Cream palette consists of #ccc6e7 and #c6e1e7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c6d1e7). Try Prelude and Botticelli colors in combination with #e8ddc6, 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 #e8ddc6 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 Heavy Cream. Thus Prelude and Skeptic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Heavy Cream contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Skeptic, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e8ddc6 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Heavy Cream tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#c6d1e7) 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 #c6e7dd and #e7c6d1.
In a RGB color space, hex #e8ddc6 is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Heavy Cream has a hue angle of 40.59°, a saturation of 42.5% and a lightness of 84.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e8ddc6 is made of 0% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 13.33% yellow and 9.02% black ink.
| HEX | #e8ddc6 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(232,221,198) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 34%, 30% |
| CMYK | 0, 4.31, 13.33, 9.02 |
| HSL | hsl(40.59,42.5%,84.31%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(40.59,14.66%,90.98%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.4219,-0.0102,12.6328) |
| XYZ | xyz(69.3282,72.9459,63.8521) |