Chintz is pale, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or green cyan
| Inverse Color | #2a3846 |
| Complementary Color | #b9c7d4 |
| Color Shade: | warm red (30° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 78.04% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Chintz Color. The Brown Sugar Coating color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Sanderling (#c8ab96) for more energetic effect. Try Powdered Allspice as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#b9c7d4 is the best complementary color to Chintz. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #d5c7b9 complementary color is Heather, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Soft Amber are #d4b9b9 and #d4d4b9. Thus found on the left and right of #d5c7b9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Cold Turkey and Sisal colors as they work well with Chintz.
The split-complementary Chintz palette consists of #b9b9d4 and #b9d4d4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b9c7d4). Try Lavender Gray and Jet Stream colors in combination with #d5c7b9, 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 #d5c7b9 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 Chintz. Thus Lavender Gray and Gum Leaf giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Chintz contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Heather, Surf, and Thistle split by 90° on the color wheel. #d5c7b9 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Chintz tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#b9c7d4) and two others. The Gum Leaf is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Maverick – 120° from the complementary Heather. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b9d4c7 and #d4b9c7.
In a RGB color space, hex #d5c7b9 is made of 36% red, 33% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Chintz has a hue angle of 30°, a saturation of 25% and a lightness of 78.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #d5c7b9 is made of 0% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 10.98% yellow and 16.47% black ink.
| HEX | #d5c7b9 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(213,199,185) |
| RGB Percentage | 36%, 33%, 31% |
| CMYK | 0, 5.49, 10.98, 16.47 |
| HSL | hsl(30,25%,78.04%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(30,13.15%,83.53%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.0136,2.5478,8.7545) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.621,58.4958,54.2055) |