Thai Spice Color

#bb4455

Thai Spice is soft, 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 #4ba
Complementary Color #4ba
Color Shade: cool red (351.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with white)
Thai Spice Color Sample
Thai Spice Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #bb4455

If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Thai Spice Color. The Ancient Magenta 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 Cherry Fruit (#cb6276) for more energetic effect. Try Dusky Rose as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4ba is the best complementary color to Thai Spice. 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 #b45 complementary color is White, 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 White are #bb4490 and #bb6e44. Thus found on the left and right of #b45 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mulberry and Brown Rust colors as they work well with Thai Spice.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Thai Spice palette consists of #4490bb and #44bb6e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4ba). Try Steel Blue and Ocean Green colors in combination with #b45, 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 #b45 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 Thai Spice. Thus Indigo and Apple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Thai Spice contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Sushi, and Studio split by 90° on the color wheel. #b45 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. Thai Spice tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#4ba) and two others. The Apple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amethyst – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #54bb44 and #a944bb.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #bb4455 is made of 55% red, 20% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Thai Spice has a hue angle of 351.43°, a saturation of 46.67% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #bb4455 is made of 0% cyan, 46.66% magenta, 40% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #bb4455
RGB Decimal rgb(187,68,85)
RGB Percentage 55%, 20%, 25%
CMYK 0, 46.66, 40, 26.67
HSL hsl(351.43,46.67%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(351.43,63.64%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.1165,49.1627,16.0199)
XYZ xyz(24.2003,15.3549,10.2826)
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