Soft Pillow Color

#fff5e7

Soft Pillow 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 #000a18
Complementary Color #e6f1ff
Color Shade: orange (35° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 95.29% (better contrasting with black)
Soft Pillow Color Sample
Soft Pillow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fff5e7

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Soft Pillow Color. The Creamy Apricot 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 Lemon Bubble (#fcebbf) for more calm effect. Try Almondine as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e6f1ff is the best complementary color to Soft Pillow. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fff5e7 complementary color is Solitude, 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 Serenade are #ffe9e6 and #fcffe6. Thus found on the left and right of #fff5e7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fair Pink and China Ivory colors as they work well with Soft Pillow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Soft Pillow palette consists of #e8e6ff and #e6fdff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e6f1ff). Try Titan White and Bubbles colors in combination with #fff5e7, 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 #fff5e7 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 Soft Pillow. Thus Blue Chalk and Frosted Mint giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Soft Pillow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Solitude, Hint of Green, and Pink Lace split by 90° on the color wheel. #fff5e7 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. Soft Pillow tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#e6f1ff) and two others. The Frosted Mint is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pale Rose – 120° from the complementary Solitude. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e6fff5 and #ffe6f0.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fff5e7 is made of 35% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Soft Pillow has a hue angle of 35°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 95.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fff5e7 is made of 0% cyan, 3.92% magenta, 9.41% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #fff5e7
RGB Decimal rgb(255,245,231)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0, 3.92, 9.41, 0
HSL hsl(35,100%,95.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35,9.41%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(96.9568,1.0246,7.9158)
XYZ xyz(88.3162,92.3343,88.7689)
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