Rooibos Tea is soft, warm-toned shade of mid red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid cyan, violet or mid green
| Inverse Color | #5dc3d9 |
| Complementary Color | #268ba2 |
| Color Shade: | mid red (10.65° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 39.22% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid red shade, there are some better alternatives to Rooibos Tea Color. The Ake Blood color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Trinidad (#c54f33) for more calm effect. Try Mocha Glow as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#268ba2 is the best complementary color to Rooibos Tea. Mid cyan shades generally complement the mid red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a23c26 complementary color is Jelly Bean, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of red magenta, mid red, and orange colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Prairie Sand are #a2264e and #a27926. Thus found on the left and right of #a23c26 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mexican Red and Luxor Gold colors as they work well with Rooibos Tea.
The split-complementary Rooibos Tea palette consists of #264da2 and #26a27a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#268ba2). Try St Tropaz and Jungle Green colors in combination with #a23c26, 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 #a23c26 offers a combination of mid blue and mid green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Rooibos Tea. Thus Daisy Bush and Forest Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Rooibos Tea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Jelly Bean, Olive Drab, and Seance split by 90° on the color wheel. #a23c26 square combo is a palette of mid red, yellow green, mid cyan and violet shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Rooibos Tea tetradic combo consists of mid cyan complementary color (#268ba2) and two others. The Forest Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Medium Red Violet – 120° from the complementary Jelly Bean. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #26a23c and #a2268b.
In a RGB color space, hex #a23c26 is made of 62% red, 23% green and 15% blue. In a HSL mode Rooibos Tea has a hue angle of 10.65°, a saturation of 62% and a lightness of 39.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a23c26 is made of 0% cyan, 40% magenta, 48.63% yellow and 36.47% black ink.
| HEX | #a23c26 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(162,60,38) |
| RGB Percentage | 62%, 23%, 15% |
| CMYK | 0, 40, 48.63, 36.47 |
| HSL | hsl(10.65,62%,39.22%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(10.65,76.54%,63.53%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(39.6697,41.0154,35.0551) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.866,11.053,3.0782) |