French Creme Color

#f2e6cf

French Creme 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 #0d1930
Complementary Color #cfdbf2
Color Shade: orange (39.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 88.04% (better contrasting with black)
French Creme Color Sample
French Creme Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f2e6cf

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to French Creme Color. The Dairy Cream 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 saturated alternative called Pancho (#edcdab) for more energetic effect. Try Refreshing Tea as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#cfdbf2 is the best complementary color to French Creme. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f2e6cf complementary color is Link Water, 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 Janna are #f2d4cf and #ecf2cf. Thus found on the left and right of #f2e6cf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Almond and Tahuna Sands colors as they work well with French Creme.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary French Creme palette consists of #d4cff2 and #cfecf2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cfdbf2). Try Link Water and Iceberg colors in combination with #f2e6cf, 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 #f2e6cf 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 French Creme. Thus French Lilac and Iceberg giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of French Creme contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Link Water, Tara, and We Peep split by 90° on the color wheel. #f2e6cf 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. French Creme tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#cfdbf2) and two others. The Iceberg is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vanilla Ice – 120° from the complementary Link Water. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cff2e6 and #f2cfdb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f2e6cf is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode French Creme has a hue angle of 39.43°, a saturation of 57.38% and a lightness of 88.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f2e6cf is made of 0% cyan, 4.7% magenta, 13.72% yellow and 5.1% black ink.

HEX #f2e6cf
RGB Decimal rgb(242,230,207)
RGB Percentage 36%, 34%, 30%
CMYK 0, 4.7, 13.72, 5.1
HSL hsl(39.43,57.38%,88.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(39.43,14.46%,94.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.674,0.3307,12.659)
XYZ xyz(76.1772,79.9759,70.4534)
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