Fjord Green Color

#005043

Fjord Green is calm, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #ffafbc
Complementary Color #50000c
Color Shade: warm cyan (170.25° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 15.69% (better contrasting with white)
Fjord Green Color Sample
Fjord Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #005043

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Fjord Green Color. The Office Blue Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Chinese Garden (#006967) for more calm effect. Try Shady Glade as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#50000c is the best complementary color to Fjord Green. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #005043 complementary color is Castro, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Aqua Deep are #00501b and #003450. Thus found on the left and right of #005043 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Camarone and Prussian Blue colors as they work well with Fjord Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Fjord Green palette consists of #501b00 and #500035 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#50000c). Try Indian Tan and Blackberry colors in combination with #005043, 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 #005043 offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Fjord Green. Thus Saddle Brown and Ripe Plum giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Fjord Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Castro, Tolopea, and Verdun Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #005043 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow 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. Fjord Green tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#50000c) and two others. The Ripe Plum is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Crusoe – 120° from the complementary Castro. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #430050 and #0c5000.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #005043 is made of 0% red, 54% green and 46% blue. In a HSL mode Fjord Green has a hue angle of 170.25°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 15.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #005043 is made of 31.37% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.1% yellow and 68.63% black ink.

HEX #005043
RGB Decimal rgb(0,80,67)
RGB Percentage 0%, 54%, 46%
CMYK 31.37, 0, 5.1, 68.63
HSL hsl(170.25,100%,15.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(170.25,100%,31.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(29.7693,-25.0945,1.5932)
XYZ xyz(3.8818,6.1426,6.2912)
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