Chai Tea is soft, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #4e7cd0 |
| Complementary Color | #2f5cb1 |
| Color Shade: | orange (38.77° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 43.92% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Chai Tea Color. The Herald's Trumpet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Tiger Cat (#cda035) for more energetic effect. Try Tiki Torch as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#2f5cb1 is the best complementary color to Chai Tea. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b1832f complementary color is Azure, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Luxor Gold are #b1412f and #9db12f. Thus found on the left and right of #b1832f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Medium Carmine and Sushi colors as they work well with Chai Tea.
The split-complementary Chai Tea palette consists of #412fb1 and #2f9db1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2f5cb1). Try Governor Bay and Boston Blue colors in combination with #b1832f, 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 #b1832f 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 Chai Tea. Thus Purple Heart and Jungle Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Chai Tea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Azure, Apple, and Medium Red Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #b1832f square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Chai Tea tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#2f5cb1) and two others. The Jungle Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hibiscus – 120° from the complementary Azure. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2fb183 and #b12f5c.
In a RGB color space, hex #b1832f is made of 50% red, 37% green and 13% blue. In a HSL mode Chai Tea has a hue angle of 38.77°, a saturation of 58.04% and a lightness of 43.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b1832f is made of 0% cyan, 18.04% magenta, 50.98% yellow and 30.59% black ink.
| HEX | #b1832f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(177,131,47) |
| RGB Percentage | 50%, 37%, 13% |
| CMYK | 0, 18.04, 50.98, 30.59 |
| HSL | hsl(38.77,58.04%,43.92%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(38.77,73.45%,69.41%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.8324,9.4677,50.1229) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.7609,25.7849,6.2559) |