Tea Towel is pale, cool-toned shade of cool magenta. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm green, cool cyan or warm yellow
| Inverse Color | #3a5a38 |
| Complementary Color | #a6c7a5 |
| Color Shade: | cool magenta (296.47° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 71.37% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool magenta shade, there are some better alternatives to Tea Towel Color. The Violet Whimsy color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a violet bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Tamed Beauty (#cfbccf) for more calm effect. Try Antique Heather as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#a6c7a5 is the best complementary color to Tea Towel. Warm green shades generally complement the cool magenta hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #c5a5c7 complementary color is Spring Rain, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm blue, cool magenta, and warm magenta colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of London Hue are #b3a5c7 and #c7a5b7. Thus found on the left and right of #c5a5c7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Logan and Lily colors as they work well with Tea Towel.
The split-complementary Tea Towel palette consists of #a5c7b4 and #b7c7a5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a6c7a5). Try Spring Rain and Rainee colors in combination with #c5a5c7, 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 #c5a5c7 offers a combination of warm cyan and warm yellow shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Tea Towel. Thus Opal and Thistle Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Tea Towel contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spring Rain, Coral Reef, and Cadet Blue split by 90° on the color wheel. #c5a5c7 square combo is a palette of cool magenta, warm red, warm green and cool cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Tea Towel tetradic combo consists of warm green complementary color (#a6c7a5) and two others. The Thistle Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Logan – 120° from the complementary Spring Rain. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c7c5a5 and #a5a6c7.
In a RGB color space, hex #c5a5c7 is made of 35% red, 29% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Tea Towel has a hue angle of 296.47°, a saturation of 23.29% and a lightness of 71.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c5a5c7 is made of 0.79% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black ink.
| HEX | #c5a5c7 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(197,165,199) |
| RGB Percentage | 35%, 29%, 35% |
| CMYK | 0.79, 13.33, 0, 21.96 |
| HSL | hsl(296.47,23.29%,71.37%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(296.47,17.09%,78.04%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.4898,17.6863,-12.9854) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.7899,42.9041,59.8481) |