Overboard Color

#005555

Overboard is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta

Inverse Color #faa
Complementary Color #500
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 16.67% (better contrasting with white)
Overboard Color Sample
Overboard Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #005555

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Overboard Color. The Night Turquoise color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Deep Pacific (#006e62) for more calm effect. Try Scaly Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#500 is the best complementary color to Overboard. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #055 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #00552a and #002a55. Thus found on the left and right of #055 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Kaitoke Green and Prussian Blue colors as they work well with Overboard.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Overboard palette consists of #552a00 and #55002a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#500). Try Carnaby Tan and Castro colors in combination with #055, 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 #055 offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Overboard. Thus Verdun Green and Pompadour giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Overboard contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Cherry Pie, and Verdun Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #055 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, mid red and yellow green 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. Overboard tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#500) and two others. The Pompadour is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #550054 and #050.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #005555 is made of 0% red, 50% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Overboard has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 16.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #005555 is made of 33.33% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 66.67% black ink.

HEX #005555
RGB Decimal rgb(0,85,85)
RGB Percentage 0%, 50%, 50%
CMYK 33.33, 0, 0, 66.67
HSL hsl(180,100%,16.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,100%,33.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(32.1524,-21.6134,-6.3556)
XYZ xyz(4.8882,7.1529,9.7173)
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