Job's Tears Color

#005b7a

Job's Tears is calm, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #ffa485
Complementary Color #7a1e00
Color Shade: cool cyan (195.25° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 23.92% (better contrasting with white)
Job's Tears Color Sample
Job's Tears Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #005b7a

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Job's Tears Color. The Indigo Bunting color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Kali Blue (#00505a) for more calm effect. Try Mary Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7a1e00 is the best complementary color to Job's Tears. Mid red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #005b7a complementary color is Cedar Wood Finish, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Orient are #007a5b and #001d7a. Thus found on the left and right of #005b7a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tropical Rain Forest and Resolution Blue colors as they work well with Job's Tears.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Job's Tears palette consists of #7a5b00 and #7a001e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7a1e00). Try Cinnamon and Venetian Red colors in combination with #005b7a, 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 #005b7a offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Job's Tears. Thus Olive and Pompadour giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Job's Tears contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cedar Wood Finish, Pigment Indigo, and Japanese Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #005b7a square combo is a palette of cool cyan, violet, mid red and warm 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. Job's Tears tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#7a1e00) and two others. The Pompadour is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fun Green – 120° from the complementary Cedar Wood Finish. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7a005a and #007a1e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #005b7a is made of 0% red, 43% green and 57% blue. In a HSL mode Job's Tears has a hue angle of 195.25°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 23.92%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #005b7a is made of 47.84% cyan, 12.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 52.16% black ink.

HEX #005b7a
RGB Decimal rgb(0,91,122)
RGB Percentage 0%, 43%, 57%
CMYK 47.84, 12.15, 0, 52.16
HSL hsl(195.25,100%,23.92%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(195.25,100%,47.84%)
CIE-LAB lab(35.7664,-11.0436,-23.9526)
XYZ xyz(7.2539,8.8873,19.7455)
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