Kaffee is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green
| Inverse Color | #7e92a5 |
| Complementary Color | #5a6e81 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (29.23° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 42.94% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Kaffee Color. The New Penny color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Mulled Cider (#a18162) for more energetic effect. Try Bedbox as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5a6e81 is the best complementary color to Kaffee. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #816d5a complementary color is Blue Bayoux, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cement are #815a5a and #81805a. Thus found on the left and right of #816d5a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Russett and Clay Creek colors as they work well with Kaffee.
The split-complementary Kaffee palette consists of #5a5a81 and #5a8180 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5a6e81). Try Comet and Cutty Sark colors in combination with #816d5a, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #816d5a offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Kaffee. Thus Rum and Spring Leaves giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Kaffee contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Blue Bayoux, Glade Green, and Trendy Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #816d5a square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Kaffee tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#5a6e81) and two others. The Spring Leaves is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Falcon – 120° from the complementary Blue Bayoux. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5a816d and #815a6e.
In a RGB color space, hex #816d5a is made of 39% red, 33% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Kaffee has a hue angle of 29.23°, a saturation of 17.81% and a lightness of 42.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #816d5a is made of 0% cyan, 7.84% magenta, 15.3% yellow and 49.41% black ink.
| HEX | #816d5a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(129,109,90) |
| RGB Percentage | 39%, 33%, 27% |
| CMYK | 0, 7.84, 15.3, 49.41 |
| HSL | hsl(29.23,17.81%,42.94%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(29.23,30.23%,50.59%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(47.4208,4.8087,13.5511) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.3674,16.3426,11.9646) |