Mermaid Harbor Color

#00776f

Mermaid Harbor is calm, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #ff8890
Complementary Color #770007
Color Shade: warm cyan (175.97° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 23.33% (better contrasting with white)
Mermaid Harbor Color Sample
Mermaid Harbor Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #00776f

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Mermaid Harbor Color. The Sandhill Crane color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Nifty Turquoise (#019187) for more calm effect. Try Emerald Coast as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#770007 is the best complementary color to Mermaid Harbor. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #00776f complementary color is Japanese Maple, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Pine Green are #073 and #004377. Thus found on the left and right of #00776f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and Regal Blue colors as they work well with Mermaid Harbor.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mermaid Harbor palette consists of #730 and #770043 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#770007). Try White and Siren colors in combination with #00776f, 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 #00776f offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Mermaid Harbor. Thus Olive and Pigment Indigo giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mermaid Harbor contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Japanese Maple, White, and Verdun Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #00776f square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool 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. Mermaid Harbor tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#770007) and two others. The Pigment Indigo is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japanese Laurel – 120° from the complementary Japanese Maple. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6f0077 and #077700.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #00776f is made of 0% red, 52% green and 48% blue. In a HSL mode Mermaid Harbor has a hue angle of 175.97°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 23.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00776f is made of 46.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 53.33% black ink.

HEX #00776f
RGB Decimal rgb(0,119,111)
RGB Percentage 0%, 52%, 48%
CMYK 46.67, 0, 3.14, 53.33
HSL hsl(175.97,100%,23.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(175.97,100%,46.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.7185,-29.9533,-3.6541)
XYZ xyz(9.4661,14.3413,17.3082)
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