Entrapment Color

#005961

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

Inverse Color #ffa69e
Complementary Color #610700
Color Shade: mid cyan (184.95° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 19.02% (better contrasting with white)
Entrapment Color Sample
Entrapment Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #005961

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Entrapment Color. The Maxi Teal color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Natural Instinct Green (#017374) for more calm effect. Try Office Blue Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#610700 is the best complementary color to Entrapment. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #005961 complementary color is Rosewood, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blue Stone are #006138 and #002861. Thus found on the left and right of #005961 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fun Green and Midnight Blue colors as they work well with Entrapment.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Entrapment palette consists of #613800 and #610028 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#610700). Try Nutmeg Wood Finish and Bordeaux colors in combination with #005961, 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 #005961 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 Entrapment. Thus Verdun Green and Pompadour giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Entrapment contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Rosewood, Ripe Plum, and Verdun Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #005961 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, 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. Entrapment tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#610700) and two others. The Pompadour is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Camarone – 120° from the complementary Rosewood. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #610059 and #006108.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #005961 is made of 0% red, 48% green and 52% blue. In a HSL mode Entrapment has a hue angle of 184.95°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 19.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #005961 is made of 38.04% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 61.96% black ink.

HEX #005961
RGB Decimal rgb(0,89,97)
RGB Percentage 0%, 48%, 52%
CMYK 38.04, 3.14, 0, 61.96
HSL hsl(184.95,100%,19.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(184.95,100%,38.04%)
CIE-LAB lab(33.9992,-19.4593,-11.1346)
XYZ xyz(5.73,8.0078,12.5529)
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