Almond Icing 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 | #101c26 |
| Complementary Color | #d9e4ee |
| Color Shade: | warm red (27.27° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 89.41% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Almond Icing Color. The Birthday Suit 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 saturated alternative called Almond Willow (#e6c9bc) for more energetic effect. Try Cream Tan as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#d9e4ee is the best complementary color to Almond Icing. 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 #efe3d9 complementary color is Botticelli, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Bizarre are #eed9da and #eeedd9. Thus found on the left and right of #efe3d9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bizarre and White Rock colors as they work well with Almond Icing.
The split-complementary Almond Icing palette consists of #d9daee and #d9eeed colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d9e4ee). Try Snuff and Swans Down colors in combination with #efe3d9, 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 #efe3d9 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 Almond Icing. Thus Snuff and Swans Down giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Almond Icing contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Botticelli, Zanah, and Snuff split by 90° on the color wheel. #efe3d9 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Almond Icing tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#d9e4ee) and two others. The Swans Down is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Prim – 120° from the complementary Botticelli. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d9eee3 and #eed9e4.
In a RGB color space, hex #efe3d9 is made of 35% red, 33% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Almond Icing has a hue angle of 27.27°, a saturation of 40.74% and a lightness of 89.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #efe3d9 is made of 0% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 8.63% yellow and 6.27% black ink.
| HEX | #efe3d9 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(239,227,217) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 33%, 32% |
| CMYK | 0, 4.71, 8.63, 6.27 |
| HSL | hsl(27.27,40.74%,89.41%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(27.27,9.21%,93.73%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.916,2.4016,6.3259) |
| XYZ | xyz(75.5901,78.2986,76.7748) |