Reading Tea Leaves Color

#7d5d5e

Reading Tea Leaves is pale, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green

Inverse Color #82a2a1
Complementary Color #5d7d7c
Color Shade: cool red (358.13° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 42.75% (better contrasting with white)
Reading Tea Leaves Color Sample
Reading Tea Leaves Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7d5d5e

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Reading Tea Leaves Color. The Jacqueline color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Montrose Rose (#9d6a73) for more energetic effect. Try Deep Aubergine as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5d7d7c is the best complementary color to Reading Tea Leaves. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7d5d5e complementary color is Cutty Sark, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Russett are #7d5d6d and #7d6c5d. Thus found on the left and right of #7d5d5e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Falcon and Sand Dune colors as they work well with Reading Tea Leaves.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Reading Tea Leaves palette consists of #5d6d7d and #5d7d6c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5d7d7c). Try Shuttle Gray and Viridian Green colors in combination with #7d5d5e, 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 #7d5d5e offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Reading Tea Leaves. Thus Comet and Glade Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Reading Tea Leaves contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cutty Sark, Limed Ash, and Dolphin split by 90° on the color wheel. #7d5d5e square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue 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. Reading Tea Leaves tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#5d7d7c) and two others. The Glade Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rum – 120° from the complementary Cutty Sark. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5e7d5d and #7b5d7d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7d5d5e is made of 40% red, 30% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Reading Tea Leaves has a hue angle of 358.13°, a saturation of 14.68% and a lightness of 42.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7d5d5e is made of 0% cyan, 12.55% magenta, 12.16% yellow and 50.98% black ink.

HEX #7d5d5e
RGB Decimal rgb(125,93,94)
RGB Percentage 40%, 30%, 30%
CMYK 0, 12.55, 12.16, 50.98
HSL hsl(358.13,14.68%,42.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(358.13,25.6%,49.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(42.7585,13.2321,4.5218)
XYZ xyz(14.3922,12.9968,12.3398)
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