Artesian Water Color

#007db6

Artesian Water is calm, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #ff8249
Complementary Color #b63800
Color Shade: cool cyan (198.79° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 35.69% (better contrasting with white)
Artesian Water Color Sample
Artesian Water Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #007db6

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Artesian Water Color. The Brigadier Blue color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Cleopatra (#007590) for more calm effect. Try Blue Arc as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b63800 is the best complementary color to Artesian Water. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #007db6 complementary color is Fire, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Deep Cerulean are #00b693 and #0022b6. Thus found on the left and right of #007db6 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Persian Green and International Klein Blue colors as they work well with Artesian Water.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Artesian Water palette consists of #b69300 and #b60022 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b63800). Try Buddha Gold and Monza colors in combination with #007db6, 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 #007db6 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Artesian Water. Thus Limeade and Flirt giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Artesian Water contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Fire, Purple, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #007db6 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Artesian Water tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#b63800) and two others. The Flirt is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Jade – 120° from the complementary Fire. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b6007c and #00b638.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #007db6 is made of 0% red, 41% green and 59% blue. In a HSL mode Artesian Water has a hue angle of 198.79°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 35.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #007db6 is made of 71.37% cyan, 22.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 28.63% black ink.

HEX #007db6
RGB Decimal rgb(0,125,182)
RGB Percentage 0%, 41%, 59%
CMYK 71.37, 22.35, 0, 28.63
HSL hsl(198.79,100%,35.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(198.79,100%,71.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.5502,-7.7547,-38.0335)
XYZ xyz(15.7771,18.0446,46.9074)
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