Salt Box Color

#f5e9d9

Salt Box 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 #0a1626
Complementary Color #d9e5f4
Color Shade: orange (34.29° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 90.59% (better contrasting with black)
Salt Box Color Sample
Salt Box Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f5e9d9

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Salt Box Color. The Chamois 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 Baby Breath (#f0d0b0) for more energetic effect. Try Sweet Orange as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#d9e5f4 is the best complementary color to Salt Box. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f5e9d9 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 #f4dbd9 and #f3f4d9. Thus found on the left and right of #f5e9d9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Vanilla Ice and Beige colors as they work well with Salt Box.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Salt Box palette consists of #dbd9f4 and #d9f3f4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d9e5f4). Try Link Water and Iceberg colors in combination with #f5e9d9, 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 #f5e9d9 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 Salt Box. Thus French Lilac and Iceberg giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Salt Box contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Link Water, Tara, and Amour split by 90° on the color wheel. #f5e9d9 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. Salt Box tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#d9e5f4) 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 #d9f4e9 and #f4d9e4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f5e9d9 is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Salt Box has a hue angle of 34.29°, a saturation of 58.33% and a lightness of 90.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f5e9d9 is made of 0% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 10.98% yellow and 3.92% black ink.

HEX #f5e9d9
RGB Decimal rgb(245,233,217)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 4.71, 10.98, 3.92
HSL hsl(34.29,58.33%,90.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(34.29,11.43%,96.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(92.883,1.4198,9.2139)
XYZ xyz(79.3195,82.7001,77.4278)
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