Cornmeal Beige Color

#ebd5c5

Cornmeal Beige 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 #142a3a
Complementary Color #c5dbea
Color Shade: warm red (25.26° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 84.71% (better contrasting with black)
Cornmeal Beige Color Sample
Cornmeal Beige Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ebd5c5

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Cornmeal Beige Color. The Tostada 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 soft alternative called Melted Ice Cream (#dcb7a6) for more calm effect. Try Billowy Clouds as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c5dbea is the best complementary color to Cornmeal Beige. 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 #ebd5c5 complementary color is Periwinkle Gray, 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 Almond are #eac5c8 and #eae7c5. Thus found on the left and right of #ebd5c5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cavern Pink and Aths Special colors as they work well with Cornmeal Beige.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cornmeal Beige palette consists of #c5c8ea and #c5eae7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c5dbea). Try Periwinkle Gray and Jagged Ice colors in combination with #ebd5c5, 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 #ebd5c5 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 Cornmeal Beige. Thus Prelude and Jagged Ice giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cornmeal Beige contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle Gray, Fringy Flower, and French Lilac split by 90° on the color wheel. #ebd5c5 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. Cornmeal Beige tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#c5dbea) and two others. The Jagged Ice 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 #c5ead5 and #eac5da.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ebd5c5 is made of 36% red, 33% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Cornmeal Beige has a hue angle of 25.26°, a saturation of 48.72% and a lightness of 84.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ebd5c5 is made of 0% cyan, 8.63% magenta, 14.91% yellow and 7.84% black ink.

HEX #ebd5c5
RGB Decimal rgb(235,213,197)
RGB Percentage 36%, 33%, 31%
CMYK 0, 8.63, 14.91, 7.84
HSL hsl(25.26,48.72%,84.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(25.26,16.17%,92.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.6434,5.0547,10.6635)
XYZ xyz(68.1332,69.2819,62.6051)
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