Green Tea is pale, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or mid cyan
| Inverse Color | #4a4970 |
| Complementary Color | #8f8eb6 |
| Color Shade: | mid yellow (61.54° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 63.73% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Green Tea Color. The Fibre Moss color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Fairbank Green (#9d9c7e) for more calm effect. Try Land Before Time as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8f8eb6 is the best complementary color to Green Tea. Mid blue shades generally complement the mid yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b5b68f complementary color is Amethyst Smoke, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Swamp Green are #b6a38e and #a1b68e. Thus found on the left and right of #b5b68f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Heathered Gray and Swamp Green colors as they work well with Green Tea.
The split-complementary Green Tea palette consists of #a38eb6 and #8ea1b6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8f8eb6). Try Amethyst Smoke and Bali Hai colors in combination with #b5b68f, 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 #b5b68f offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Green Tea. Thus Bouquet and Gulf Stream giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Green Tea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Amethyst Smoke, Summer Green, and Bouquet split by 90° on the color wheel. #b5b68f square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Green Tea tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#8f8eb6) and two others. The Gulf Stream is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Quicksand – 120° from the complementary Amethyst Smoke. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8eb4b6 and #b68f8e.
In a RGB color space, hex #b5b68f is made of 36% red, 36% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Green Tea has a hue angle of 61.54°, a saturation of 21.08% and a lightness of 63.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b5b68f is made of 0.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 15.29% yellow and 28.63% black ink.
| HEX | #b5b68f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(181,182,143) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 36%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0.39, 0, 15.29, 28.63 |
| HSL | hsl(61.54,21.08%,63.73%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(61.54,21.43%,71.37%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.0646,-6.9024,19.7948) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.7419,45.2628,32.5759) |