Salt Pebble Color

#f9ecea

Salt Pebble is pale, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green

Inverse Color #061315
Complementary Color #e9f6f9
Color Shade: mid red (8° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 94.71% (better contrasting with black)
Salt Pebble Color Sample
Salt Pebble Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f9ecea

If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Salt Pebble Color. The Chic Peach color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Lady Pink (#f3d2cf) for more energetic effect. Try Comical Coral as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e9f6f9 is the best complementary color to Salt Pebble. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f9ecea complementary color is Aqua Spring, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Fantasy are #f9e9ef and #f9f3e9. Thus found on the left and right of #f9ecea on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Amour and Quarter Spanish White colors as they work well with Salt Pebble.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Salt Pebble palette consists of #e9eff9 and #e9f9f3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e9f6f9). Try Link Water and Off Green colors in combination with #f9ecea, 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 #f9ecea offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Salt Pebble. Thus Link Water and Tara giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Salt Pebble contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Aqua Spring, Frost, and White Lilac split by 90° on the color wheel. #f9ecea square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet 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 Pebble tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#e9f6f9) and two others. The Tara is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amour – 120° from the complementary Aqua Spring. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e9f9eb and #f9e9f6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f9ecea is made of 35% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Salt Pebble has a hue angle of 8°, a saturation of 55.56% and a lightness of 94.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f9ecea is made of 0% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 5.89% yellow and 2.35% black ink.

HEX #f9ecea
RGB Decimal rgb(249,236,234)
RGB Percentage 35%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 5.1, 5.89, 2.35
HSL hsl(8,55.56%,94.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(8,6.02%,97.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(94.3428,4.046,2.5264)
XYZ xyz(83.9137,86.0712,90.0326)
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