Painter's Canvas Color

#f9f2de

Painter's Canvas is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, warm magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #060d21
Complementary Color #dee5f9
Color Shade: orange (44.44° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 92.35% (better contrasting with black)
Painter's Canvas Color Sample
Painter's Canvas Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f9f2de

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Painter's Canvas Color. The Sarawak White Pepper 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 Summer Resort (#f7efba) for more energetic effect. Try Icy Lemonade as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#dee5f9 is the best complementary color to Painter's Canvas. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f9f2de complementary color is Moon Raker, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Coconut Cream are #f9e4de and #f2f9de. Thus found on the left and right of #f9f2de on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Linen and Coconut Cream colors as they work well with Painter's Canvas.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Painter's Canvas palette consists of #e4def9 and #def2f9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#dee5f9). Try Moon Raker and White Ice colors in combination with #f9f2de, 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 #f9f2de 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 Painter's Canvas. Thus Moon Raker and White Ice giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Painter's Canvas contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Moon Raker, Blue Romance, and Carousel Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #f9f2de square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and warm 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. Painter's Canvas tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#dee5f9) and two others. The White Ice is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cherub – 120° from the complementary Moon Raker. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #def9f2 and #f9dee4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f9f2de is made of 35% red, 34% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Painter's Canvas has a hue angle of 44.44°, a saturation of 69.23% and a lightness of 92.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f9f2de is made of 0% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 10.59% yellow and 2.35% black ink.

HEX #f9f2de
RGB Decimal rgb(249,242,222)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 31%
CMYK 0, 2.75, 10.59, 2.35
HSL hsl(44.44,69.23%,92.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(44.44,10.84%,97.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(95.5461,-0.969,10.4751)
XYZ xyz(84.0039,88.9179,81.8426)
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