Tea Color
Tea is a green color with hex code #65AB7C. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with tea, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Tea Color Values
What Does Tea Mean?
Tea belongs to the green family of colors. Green asks less of the eye than any other family, which is why long reading sessions feel easier on green-tinted backgrounds. The associations run to nature, health, and money, and compared with most hues they hold remarkably steady across cultures. Tea sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Tea is classified as a green (nearest centroid: light green, #6AAB8E). It is also known as Green Tea Candy.
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Tea
Tea and #AA6493 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #70AA64 and #64AA9E, which sit beside tea on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair tea with triadic partners #7C64AA and #AA7C64. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Forest Green —
#6DAE81(Delta E 3) - Silver Tree —
#66B58F(Delta E 7) - Dusty Green —
#76A973(Delta E 7) - Faded Green —
#7BB274(Delta E 10) - Ocean Green —
#41AA78(Delta E 10)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #65AB7C; }
.background { background-color: #65AB7C; }
.border { border: 2px solid #65AB7C; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #65AB7C40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for tea?
Tea has the hex code #65AB7C. In RGB notation it is rgb(101, 171, 124), in HSL it is hsl(140, 29%, 53%), and its OKLCH value is 0.682, 0.1, 153.6.
What does the color tea mean?
Green-family colors like tea carry distinct psychological associations. Tea belongs to the green family of colors. Green asks less of the eye than any other family, which is why long reading sessions feel easier on green-tinted backgrounds. The associations run to nature, health, and money, and compared with most hues they hold remarkably steady across cultures. Tea sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with tea?
Tea has three easy routes: its complement #AA6493 for punch, its neighbors #70AA64 and #64AA9E for something calmer, or triadic partners #7C64AA and #AA7C64 when you want energy.
Is tea a standard web color?
No — Tea is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #65AB7C or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make tea lighter or darker?
To lighten tea, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #E5F1E9 (lightest tint) to #101E15 (darkest shade).
About Tea
Tea is classified as a Green in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Green hue family. It has alternative names including Green Tea Candy. The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #65AB7C to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.