Fricassée Color

#ffe6c2

Fricassée 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 #00193d
Complementary Color #c2dbff
Color Shade: orange (35.41° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 88.04% (better contrasting with black)
Fricassée Color Sample
Fricassée Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffe6c2

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Fricassée Color. The Hot Spot color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Peachy Breezes (#ffc996) for more calm effect. Try Day Lily as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c2dbff is the best complementary color to Fricassée. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffe6c2 complementary color is Periwinkle, 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 Tequila are #ffc7c2 and #f9ffc2. Thus found on the left and right of #ffe6c2 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Your Pink and Australian Mint colors as they work well with Fricassée.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fricassée palette consists of #c7c2ff and #c2f9ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c2dbff). Try Melrose and Onahau colors in combination with #ffe6c2, 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 #ffe6c2 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 Fricassée. Thus Mauve and Aero Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fricassée contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle, Snowy Mint, and Pink Lace split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffe6c2 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. Fricassée tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#c2dbff) and two others. The Aero Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cotton Candy – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c2ffe6 and #ffc2db.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffe6c2 is made of 38% red, 34% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Fricassée has a hue angle of 35.41°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 88.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffe6c2 is made of 0% cyan, 9.8% magenta, 23.92% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffe6c2
RGB Decimal rgb(255,230,194)
RGB Percentage 38%, 34%, 29%
CMYK 0, 9.8, 23.92, 0
HSL hsl(35.41,100%,88.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.41,23.92%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(92.4638,3.1373,20.6678)
XYZ xyz(79.2744,81.7487,62.6398)
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