Shinbashi Azure Color

#006c7f

Shinbashi Azure 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 #ff9380
Complementary Color #7f1300
Color Shade: mid cyan (188.98° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 24.9% (better contrasting with white)
Shinbashi Azure Color Sample
Shinbashi Azure Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #006c7f

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Shinbashi Azure Color. The CG Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Kali Blue (#00505a) for more calm effect. Try Capri Breeze as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7f1300 is the best complementary color to Shinbashi Azure. 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 #006c7f 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, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blue Lagoon are #007f52 and #002c7f. Thus found on the left and right of #006c7f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tropical Rain Forest and Resolution Blue colors as they work well with Shinbashi Azure.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Shinbashi Azure palette consists of #7f5200 and #7f002c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7f1300). Try Cinnamon and Siren colors in combination with #006c7f, 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 #006c7f 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 Shinbashi Azure. Thus Olive and Fresh Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Shinbashi Azure contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cedar Wood Finish, Pigment Indigo, and Japanese Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #006c7f 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. Shinbashi Azure tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#7f1300) and two others. The Fresh Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Camarone – 120° from the complementary Cedar Wood Finish. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7f006b and #007f13.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #006c7f is made of 0% red, 46% green and 54% blue. In a HSL mode Shinbashi Azure has a hue angle of 188.98°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 24.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #006c7f is made of 49.8% cyan, 7.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.2% black ink.

HEX #006c7f
RGB Decimal rgb(0,108,127)
RGB Percentage 0%, 46%, 54%
CMYK 49.8, 7.45, 0, 50.2
HSL hsl(188.98,100%,24.9%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(188.98,100%,49.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.6224,-18.8553,-17.9393)
XYZ xyz(9.1933,12.2574,21.9601)
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