Tropical Waters 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 | #ff8381 |
| Complementary Color | #7e0200 |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (180.95° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 24.71% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Tropical Waters Color. The Tahitian Tide color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Turkish Aqua (#006169) for more calm effect. Try Zircon Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#7e0200 is the best complementary color to Tropical Waters. 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 #007c7e complementary color is Maroon, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Teal are #007e41 and #003c7e. Thus found on the left and right of #007c7e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fun Green and Congress Blue colors as they work well with Tropical Waters.
The split-complementary Tropical Waters palette consists of #7e4100 and #7e003c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7e0200). Try Cinnamon and Siren colors in combination with #007c7e, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #007c7e 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 Tropical Waters. Thus Olive and Fresh Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Tropical Waters contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Maroon, Pigment Indigo, and Verdun Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #007c7e square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Tropical Waters tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#7e0200) 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 #7e007b and #007e02.
In a RGB color space, hex #007c7e is made of 0% red, 50% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Tropical Waters has a hue angle of 180.95°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 24.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #007c7e is made of 49.41% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.59% black ink.
| HEX | #007c7e |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,124,126) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 50%, 50% |
| CMYK | 49.41, 0.78, 0, 50.59 |
| HSL | hsl(180.95,100%,24.71%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(180.95,100%,49.41%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(46.8715,-27.5313,-9.3738) |
| XYZ | xyz(10.9735,15.9217,22.2335) |