Natural Watercourse Color

#006e4e

Natural Watercourse is calm, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet

Inverse Color #ff91b1
Complementary Color #6e001f
Color Shade: green cyan (162.55° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 21.57% (better contrasting with white)
Natural Watercourse Color Sample
Natural Watercourse Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #006e4e

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Natural Watercourse Color. The Celtic Queen color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Observatory (#02866f) for more calm effect. Try Pixel Nature as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#6e001f is the best complementary color to Natural Watercourse. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #006e4e complementary color is Venetian Red, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tropical Rain Forest are #006e17 and #00576e. Thus found on the left and right of #006e4e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Camarone and Blue Stone colors as they work well with Natural Watercourse.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Natural Watercourse palette consists of #6e1600 and #6e0057 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6e001f). Try Cedar Wood Finish and Pompadour colors in combination with #006e4e, 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 #006e4e offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Natural Watercourse. Thus Cinnamon and Pigment Indigo giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Natural Watercourse contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Venetian Red, Paua, and Verdun Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #006e4e square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid yellow 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. Natural Watercourse tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#6e001f) and two others. The Pigment Indigo is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japanese Laurel – 120° from the complementary Venetian Red. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4d006e and #1f6e00.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #006e4e is made of 0% red, 59% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Natural Watercourse has a hue angle of 162.55°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 21.57%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #006e4e is made of 43.14% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.55% yellow and 56.86% black ink.

HEX #006e4e
RGB Decimal rgb(0,110,78)
RGB Percentage 0%, 59%, 41%
CMYK 43.14, 0, 12.55, 56.86
HSL hsl(162.55,100%,21.57%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(162.55,100%,43.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(40.7384,-35.4682,10.3819)
XYZ xyz(6.9511,11.7019,9.1001)
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