Sea Sight Color

#00789b

Sea Sight 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 #ff8764
Complementary Color #9b2200
Color Shade: mid cyan (193.55° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 30.39% (better contrasting with white)
Sea Sight Color Sample
Sea Sight Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #00789b

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sea Sight Color. The Bosporus 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 Mediterranean Blue (#0090a8) for more calm effect. Try Prismatic Springs as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9b2200 is the best complementary color to Sea Sight. 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 #00789b complementary color is Totem Pole, 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 Allports are #009b70 and #002a9b. Thus found on the left and right of #00789b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Haze and Smalt colors as they work well with Sea Sight.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sea Sight palette consists of #9b7000 and #9b002a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9b2200). Try Chelsea Gem and Burgundy colors in combination with #00789b, 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 #00789b 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 Sea Sight. Thus Limeade and Flirt giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sea Sight contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Totem Pole, Purple, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #00789b 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. Sea Sight tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#9b2200) and two others. The Flirt is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fun Green – 120° from the complementary Totem Pole. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9b0077 and #009b22.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #00789b is made of 0% red, 44% green and 56% blue. In a HSL mode Sea Sight has a hue angle of 193.55°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 30.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00789b is made of 60.78% cyan, 13.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.22% black ink.

HEX #00789b
RGB Decimal rgb(0,120,155)
RGB Percentage 0%, 44%, 56%
CMYK 60.78, 13.72, 0, 39.22
HSL hsl(193.55,100%,30.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(193.55,100%,60.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.7103,-15.1362,-26.7543)
XYZ xyz(12.6329,15.7995,33.3941)
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