The Real Teal Color

#007883

The Real Teal 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 #ff877c
Complementary Color #830a00
Color Shade: mid cyan (185.04° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 25.69% (better contrasting with white)
The Real Teal Color Sample
The Real Teal Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #007883

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to The Real Teal Color. The Enamelled Jewel color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Common Teal (#009193) for more calm effect. Try Azores Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#830a00 is the best complementary color to The Real Teal. 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 #007883 complementary color is Maroon, 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 #00834c and #003683. Thus found on the left and right of #007883 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tropical Rain Forest and Resolution Blue colors as they work well with The Real Teal.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary The Real Teal palette consists of #834c00 and #830036 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#830a00). Try Cinnamon and Siren colors in combination with #007883, 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 #007883 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 The Real Teal. Thus Olive and Fresh Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of The Real Teal contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Maroon, Pigment Indigo, and Verdun Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #007883 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. The Real Teal tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#830a00) and two others. The Fresh Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japanese Laurel – 120° from the complementary Maroon. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #830077 and #00830a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #007883 is made of 0% red, 48% green and 52% blue. In a HSL mode The Real Teal has a hue angle of 185.04°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 25.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #007883 is made of 51.37% cyan, 4.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 48.63% black ink.

HEX #007883
RGB Decimal rgb(0,120,131)
RGB Percentage 0%, 48%, 52%
CMYK 51.37, 4.31, 0, 48.63
HSL hsl(185.04,100%,25.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(185.04,100%,51.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(45.7322,-23.8118,-14.0619)
XYZ xyz(10.8132,15.0716,23.8119)
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