Apricot Ice Cream Color

#f8cc9c

Apricot Ice Cream 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 #073363
Complementary Color #9cc7f7
Color Shade: orange (31.3° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 79.22% (better contrasting with black)
Apricot Ice Cream Color Sample
Apricot Ice Cream Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f8cc9c

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Apricot Ice Cream Color. The Full Cream 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 Delightful Pastry (#f9e7c8) for more calm effect. Try Washed in Light as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9cc7f7 is the best complementary color to Apricot Ice Cream. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f8cc9c complementary color is Jordy Blue, 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 Corvette are #f79e9c and #f5f79c. Thus found on the left and right of #f8cc9c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Rose Bud and Texas colors as they work well with Apricot Ice Cream.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Apricot Ice Cream palette consists of #9e9cf7 and #9cf5f7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9cc7f7). Try Portage and Charlotte colors in combination with #f8cc9c, 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 #f8cc9c 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 Apricot Ice Cream. Thus Perfume and Ice Cold giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Apricot Ice Cream contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jordy Blue, Mint Green, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #f8cc9c 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. Apricot Ice Cream tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#9cc7f7) and two others. The Ice Cold is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Illusion – 120° from the complementary Jordy Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9cf7cc and #f79cc8.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f8cc9c is made of 41% red, 34% green and 26% blue. In a HSL mode Apricot Ice Cream has a hue angle of 31.3°, a saturation of 86.79% and a lightness of 79.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f8cc9c is made of 0% cyan, 17.25% magenta, 36.07% yellow and 2.75% black ink.

HEX #f8cc9c
RGB Decimal rgb(248,204,156)
RGB Percentage 41%, 34%, 26%
CMYK 0, 17.25, 36.07, 2.75
HSL hsl(31.3,86.79%,79.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(31.3,37.1%,97.25%)
CIE-LAB lab(84.7625,9.1234,29.7657)
XYZ xyz(66.305,65.5425,40.6088)
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