Blue Grass Color

#007c7a

Blue Grass 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 #ff8385
Complementary Color #7c0002
Color Shade: warm cyan (179.03° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 24.31% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Grass Color Sample
Blue Grass Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #007c7a

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Grass Color. The Reef Encounter color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Dancing Dragonfly (#006658) for more calm effect. Try Cruising as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7c0002 is the best complementary color to Blue Grass. 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 #007c7a complementary color is Maroon, 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 Teal are #007c3c and #003f7c. Thus found on the left and right of #007c7a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fun Green and Regal Blue colors as they work well with Blue Grass.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Grass palette consists of #7c3b00 and #7c0040 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7c0002). Try Cinnamon and Siren colors in combination with #007c7a, 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 #007c7a 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 Blue Grass. Thus Olive and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Grass contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Maroon, Pigment Indigo, and Verdun Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #007c7a 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. Blue Grass tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#7c0002) and two others. The Purple 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 #79007c and #017c00.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #007c7a is made of 0% red, 50% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Grass has a hue angle of 179.03°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 24.31%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #007c7a is made of 48.63% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.79% yellow and 51.37% black ink.

HEX #007c7a
RGB Decimal rgb(0,124,122)
RGB Percentage 0%, 50%, 50%
CMYK 48.63, 0, 0.79, 51.37
HSL hsl(179.03,100%,24.31%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(179.03,100%,48.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.738,-28.8418,-7.2026)
XYZ xyz(10.7205,15.8204,20.901)
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