Gramp's Tea Cup Color

#e9dec8

Gramp's Tea Cup 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 #162137
Complementary Color #c8d3e8
Color Shade: orange (40° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 84.9% (better contrasting with black)
Gramp's Tea Cup Color Sample
Gramp's Tea Cup Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #e9dec8

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Gramp's Tea Cup Color. The Lunar Lander 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.

Complementary Palette

#c8d3e8 is the best complementary color to Gramp's Tea Cup. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #e9dec8 complementary color is Periwinkle Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

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 #e8cdc8 and #e3e8c8. Thus found on the left and right of #e9dec8 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Oyster Pink and Beryl Green colors as they work well with Gramp's Tea Cup.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Gramp's Tea Cup palette consists of #cdc8e8 and #c8e3e8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c8d3e8). Try Prelude and Botticelli colors in combination with #e9dec8, 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 #e9dec8 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 Gramp's Tea Cup. Thus Prelude and Skeptic giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Gramp's Tea Cup contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Skeptic, and Melanie split by 90° on the color wheel. #e9dec8 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid 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. Gramp's Tea Cup tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#c8d3e8) 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 #c8e8dd and #e8c8d3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #e9dec8 is made of 36% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Gramp's Tea Cup has a hue angle of 40°, a saturation of 42.86% and a lightness of 84.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #e9dec8 is made of 0% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 12.94% yellow and 8.63% black ink.

HEX #e9dec8
RGB Decimal rgb(233,222,200)
RGB Percentage 36%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 4.31, 12.94, 8.63
HSL hsl(40,42.86%,84.9%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40,14.16%,91.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(88.7977,0.1433,12.1293)
XYZ xyz(70.1509,73.7363,65.1788)
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