Tahitian Treat Color

#00686d

Tahitian Treat is calm, 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 #ff9792
Complementary Color #6d0400
Color Shade: mid cyan (182.75° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 21.37% (better contrasting with white)
Tahitian Treat Color Sample
Tahitian Treat Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #00686d

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Tahitian Treat Color. The Pond Bath 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 Mosaic Blue (#00758f) for more calm effect. Try Align as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6d0400 is the best complementary color to Tahitian Treat. 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 #00686d complementary color is Lonestar, 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 #006d3b and #00316d. Thus found on the left and right of #00686d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fun Green and Midnight Blue colors as they work well with Tahitian Treat.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tahitian Treat palette consists of #6d3b00 and #6d0031 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6d0400). Try Nutmeg Wood Finish and Siren colors in combination with #00686d, 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 #00686d 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 Tahitian Treat. Thus Olive and Pompadour giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tahitian Treat contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lonestar, Christalle, and Verdun Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #00686d 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. Tahitian Treat tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#6d0400) and two others. The Pompadour is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Camarone – 120° from the complementary Lonestar. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6d0067 and #006d04.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #00686d is made of 0% red, 49% green and 51% blue. In a HSL mode Tahitian Treat has a hue angle of 182.75°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 21.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00686d is made of 42.75% cyan, 1.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 57.25% black ink.

HEX #00686d
RGB Decimal rgb(0,104,109)
RGB Percentage 0%, 49%, 51%
CMYK 42.75, 1.97, 0, 57.25
HSL hsl(182.75,100%,21.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(182.75,100%,42.75%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.5885,-23.1574,-10.1045)
XYZ xyz(7.7106,11.0048,16.1857)
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