Mesa Beige Color

#f2ebd6

Mesa Beige is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #0d1429
Complementary Color #d5dcf2
Color Shade: orange (45° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 89.41% (better contrasting with black)
Mesa Beige Color Sample
Mesa Beige Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f2ebd6

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Mesa Beige Color. The Sandbank 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 Star Bright (#e8ddae) for more energetic effect. Try The Golden State as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#d5dcf2 is the best complementary color to Mesa Beige. Cool blue shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f2ebd6 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 Parchment are #f2dcd5 and #ebf2d5. Thus found on the left and right of #f2ebd6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Pot Pourri and Chrome White colors as they work well with Mesa Beige.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mesa Beige palette consists of #dcd5f2 and #d5ebf2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d5dcf2). Try Link Water and Iceberg colors in combination with #f2ebd6, 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 #f2ebd6 offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mesa Beige. Thus French Lilac and Iceberg giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mesa Beige contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Link Water, Tara, and Vanilla Ice split by 90° on the color wheel. #f2ebd6 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, cool blue and warm 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. Mesa Beige tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#d5dcf2) 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 #d5f2eb and #f2d5dc.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f2ebd6 is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Mesa Beige has a hue angle of 45°, a saturation of 51.85% and a lightness of 89.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f2ebd6 is made of 0% cyan, 2.74% magenta, 10.98% yellow and 5.1% black ink.

HEX #f2ebd6
RGB Decimal rgb(242,235,214)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 2.74, 10.98, 5.1
HSL hsl(45,51.85%,89.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(45,11.57%,94.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(93.0796,-1.1265,11.0218)
XYZ xyz(78.4639,83.1489,75.5322)
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