Apricot Ice Color

#fff6e9

Apricot Ice 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 #000916
Complementary Color #e8f1ff
Color Shade: orange (35.45° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 95.69% (better contrasting with black)
Apricot Ice Color Sample
Apricot Ice Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fff6e9

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Apricot Ice Color. The Sunrise Glow 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 Peach Smoothie (#ffe5bd) for more calm effect. Try Orange Glow as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#e8f1ff is the best complementary color to Apricot Ice. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fff6e9 complementary color is Zumthor, 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 #ffebe8 and #fdffe8. Thus found on the left and right of #fff6e9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fair Pink and China Ivory colors as they work well with Apricot Ice.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Apricot Ice palette consists of #eae8ff and #e8fdff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e8f1ff). Try Titan White and Bubbles colors in combination with #fff6e9, 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 #fff6e9 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 Apricot Ice. Thus Blue Chalk and Clear Day giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Apricot Ice contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Zumthor, Hint of Green, and Pink Lace split by 90° on the color wheel. #fff6e9 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. Apricot Ice tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#e8f1ff) and two others. The Clear Day is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Lavender blush – 120° from the complementary Zumthor. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #e8fff6 and #ffe8f1.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fff6e9 is made of 35% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Apricot Ice has a hue angle of 35.45°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 95.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fff6e9 is made of 0% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 8.63% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #fff6e9
RGB Decimal rgb(255,246,233)
RGB Percentage 35%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 0, 3.53, 8.63, 0
HSL hsl(35.45,100%,95.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(35.45,8.63%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(97.2498,0.8412,7.3068)
XYZ xyz(88.9037,93.0547,90.3664)
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