Refreshing Tea is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan
| Inverse Color | #142259 |
| Complementary Color | #a6b3eb |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (47.83° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 78.63% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Refreshing Tea Color. The Celebration color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Charismatic (#e7c180) for more energetic effect. Try French Creme as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#a6b3eb is the best complementary color to Refreshing Tea. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ebdda6 complementary color is Biloba Flower, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Double Colonial White are #ebbaa6 and #d6eba6. Thus found on the left and right of #ebdda6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Zinnwaldite and Caper colors as they work well with Refreshing Tea.
The split-complementary Refreshing Tea palette consists of #baa6eb and #a6d6eb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a6b3eb). Try Biloba Flower and Blizzard Blue colors in combination with #ebdda6, 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 #ebdda6 offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Refreshing Tea. Thus Biloba Flower and Water Leaf giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Refreshing Tea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Biloba Flower, Madang, and Kobi split by 90° on the color wheel. #ebdda6 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Refreshing Tea tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#a6b3eb) and two others. The Water Leaf is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Kobi – 120° from the complementary Biloba Flower. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a6ebdd and #eba6b3.
In a RGB color space, hex #ebdda6 is made of 38% red, 36% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Refreshing Tea has a hue angle of 47.83°, a saturation of 63.3% and a lightness of 78.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ebdda6 is made of 0% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 27.06% yellow and 7.84% black ink.
| HEX | #ebdda6 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(235,221,166) |
| RGB Percentage | 38%, 36%, 27% |
| CMYK | 0, 5.49, 27.06, 7.84 |
| HSL | hsl(47.83,63.3%,78.63%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(47.83,29.36%,92.16%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.0303,-3.4171,28.7855) |
| XYZ | xyz(67.0003,72.1282,46.4672) |