Quartz Stone Color

#e8e8e5

Quartz Stone is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, red magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #17171a
Complementary Color #e5e5e8
Color Shade: warm yellow (60° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 90.39% (better contrasting with black)
Quartz Stone Color Sample
Quartz Stone Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e8e8e5

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Quartz Stone Color. The Guild Grey color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Silicone Serena (#dcdccf) for more energetic effect. Try Silverpointe as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e5e5e8 is the best complementary color to Quartz Stone. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e8e8e5 complementary color is Mischka, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cararra are #e8e6e5 and #e6e8e5. Thus found on the left and right of #e8e8e5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mercury and Gray Nurse colors as they work well with Quartz Stone.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Quartz Stone palette consists of #e6e5e8 and #e5e6e8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e5e5e8). Try Mischka and Iron colors in combination with #e8e8e5, 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 #e8e8e5 offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Quartz Stone. Thus Bon Jour and Black Haze giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Quartz Stone contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mischka, Gray Nurse, and Bon Jour split by 90° on the color wheel. #e8e8e5 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and red 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. Quartz Stone tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#e5e5e8) and two others. The Black Haze is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bon Jour – 120° from the complementary Mischka. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e5e8e8 and #e8e5e5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e8e8e5 is made of 33% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Quartz Stone has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 6.12% and a lightness of 90.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e8e8e5 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.18% yellow and 9.02% black ink.

HEX #e8e8e5
RGB Decimal rgb(232,232,229)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 0, 1.18, 9.02
HSL hsl(60,6.12%,90.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(60,1.29%,90.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.9204,-0.5264,1.4456)
XYZ xyz(76.2782,80.5262,85.6516)
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