Creamy Apricot Color

#ffe8bd

Creamy Apricot 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 #001742
Complementary Color #bdd4ff
Color Shade: orange (39.09° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 87.06% (better contrasting with black)
Creamy Apricot Color Sample
Creamy Apricot Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffe8bd

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Creamy Apricot Color. The Cosmic Latte 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 Sheer Peach (#fff7e7) for more calm effect. Try Down Feathers as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#bdd4ff is the best complementary color to Creamy Apricot. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ffe8bd 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 Colonial White are #ffc7bd and #f5ffbd. Thus found on the left and right of #ffe8bd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Your Pink and Australian Mint colors as they work well with Creamy Apricot.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Creamy Apricot palette consists of #c6bdff and #bdf5ff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bdd4ff). Try Melrose and Onahau colors in combination with #ffe8bd, 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 #ffe8bd 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 Creamy Apricot. Thus Mauve and Aero Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Creamy Apricot contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle, Snowy Mint, and Pink Lace split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffe8bd 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. Creamy Apricot tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#bdd4ff) 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 #bdffe7 and #ffbdd4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffe8bd is made of 38% red, 34% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Creamy Apricot has a hue angle of 39.09°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 87.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffe8bd is made of 0% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 25.88% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffe8bd
RGB Decimal rgb(255,232,189)
RGB Percentage 38%, 34%, 28%
CMYK 0, 9.02, 25.88, 0
HSL hsl(39.09,100%,87.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(39.09,25.88%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(92.8598,1.4452,23.7956)
XYZ xyz(79.2819,82.6473,59.918)
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