Milk Quartz Color

#f5deae

Milk Quartz 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 #0a2151
Complementary Color #adc4f5
Color Shade: orange (40.56° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 82.16% (better contrasting with black)
Milk Quartz Color Sample
Milk Quartz Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f5deae

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Milk Quartz Color. The Creamy Cameo color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Star Dust (#f9f3dd) for more calm effect. Try Elf Flesh as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#adc4f5 is the best complementary color to Milk Quartz. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f5deae complementary color is Perano, 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 Wheat are #f5baad and #e8f5ad. Thus found on the left and right of #f5deae on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mandys Pink and Sandwisp colors as they work well with Milk Quartz.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Milk Quartz palette consists of #baadf5 and #ade8f5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#adc4f5). Try Perfume and Charlotte colors in combination with #f5deae, 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 #f5deae 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 Milk Quartz. Thus Perfume and Ice Cold giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Milk Quartz contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Perano, Magic Mint, and Chantilly split by 90° on the color wheel. #f5deae 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. Milk Quartz tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#adc4f5) and two others. The Ice Cold is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Illusion – 120° from the complementary Perano. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #adf5de and #f5adc5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f5deae is made of 38% red, 35% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Milk Quartz has a hue angle of 40.56°, a saturation of 78.02% and a lightness of 82.16%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f5deae is made of 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 27.84% yellow and 3.92% black ink.

HEX #f5deae
RGB Decimal rgb(245,222,174)
RGB Percentage 38%, 35%, 27%
CMYK 0, 9.02, 27.84, 3.92
HSL hsl(40.56,78.02%,82.16%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40.56,28.98%,96.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(89.2575,0.8648,26.4604)
XYZ xyz(71.4174,74.711,50.701)
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