Silk Pillow Color

#f3f0ea

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

Inverse Color #0c0f15
Complementary Color #eaecf3
Color Shade: orange (40° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 93.53% (better contrasting with black)
Silk Pillow Color Sample
Silk Pillow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f3f0ea

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Silk Pillow Color. The Light Beige 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 Desert Plain (#e5ddc9) for more energetic effect. Try Lime Chalk as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#eaecf3 is the best complementary color to Silk Pillow. Cool blue shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f3f0ea complementary color is Athens Gray, 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 Pampas are #f3ebea and #f1f3ea. Thus found on the left and right of #f3f0ea on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Soft Peach and Green White colors as they work well with Silk Pillow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Silk Pillow palette consists of #ebeaf3 and #eaf1f3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#eaecf3). Try Whisper and Aqua Haze colors in combination with #f3f0ea, 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 #f3f0ea 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 Silk Pillow. Thus Whisper and Aqua Haze giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Silk Pillow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Athens Gray, Gin, and Prim split by 90° on the color wheel. #f3f0ea square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, cool blue 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. Silk Pillow tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#eaecf3) and two others. The Aqua Haze is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Soft Peach – 120° from the complementary Athens Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #eaf3f0 and #f3eaec.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f3f0ea is made of 34% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Silk Pillow has a hue angle of 40°, a saturation of 27.27% and a lightness of 93.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f3f0ea is made of 0% cyan, 1.17% magenta, 3.53% yellow and 4.71% black ink.

HEX #f3f0ea
RGB Decimal rgb(243,240,234)
RGB Percentage 34%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 1.17, 3.53, 4.71
HSL hsl(40,27.27%,93.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40,3.7%,95.29%)
CIE-LAB lab(94.8719,-0.0329,3.2376)
XYZ xyz(82.9735,87.3154,90.3223)
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