Nursery Color

#efd0d2

Nursery is pale, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #102f2d
Complementary Color #d0efed
Color Shade: cool red (356.13° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 87.65% (better contrasting with black)
Nursery Color Sample
Nursery Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #efd0d2

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Nursery Color. The Morning Shine color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Princess Elle (#f6e9ea) for more calm effect. Try Sakura as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#d0efed is the best complementary color to Nursery. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #efd0d2 complementary color is Iceberg, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Vanilla Ice are #efd0e1 and #efddd0. Thus found on the left and right of #efd0d2 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vanilla Ice and Parchment colors as they work well with Nursery.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Nursery palette consists of #d0e1ef and #d0efdd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d0efed). Try Link Water and Tara colors in combination with #efd0d2, 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 #efd0d2 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Nursery. Thus Periwinkle Gray and Peppermint giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Nursery contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Iceberg, Chrome White, and Prelude split by 90° on the color wheel. #efd0d2 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue 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. Nursery tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#d0efed) and two others. The Peppermint is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and French Lilac – 120° from the complementary Iceberg. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d2efd0 and #ecd0ef.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #efd0d2 is made of 36% red, 32% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Nursery has a hue angle of 356.13°, a saturation of 49.21% and a lightness of 87.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #efd0d2 is made of 0% cyan, 12.16% magenta, 11.38% yellow and 6.27% black ink.

HEX #efd0d2
RGB Decimal rgb(239,208,210)
RGB Percentage 36%, 32%, 32%
CMYK 0, 12.16, 11.38, 6.27
HSL hsl(356.13,49.21%,87.65%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(356.13,12.97%,93.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.0642,11.1394,2.996)
XYZ xyz(69.7853,68.1156,70.4423)
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