Summer Turquoise Color

#008572

Summer Turquoise 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 #ff7a8d
Complementary Color #850012
Color Shade: warm cyan (171.43° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 26.08% (better contrasting with white)
Summer Turquoise Color Sample
Summer Turquoise Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #008572

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Summer Turquoise Color. The Common Teal color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Teal Trip (#00a093) for more calm effect. Try Arcadia as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#850012 is the best complementary color to Summer Turquoise. 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 #008572 complementary color is Red Devil, 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 Deep Sea are #00852f and #005585. Thus found on the left and right of #008572 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fun Green and Orient colors as they work well with Summer Turquoise.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Summer Turquoise palette consists of #852f00 and #850055 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#850012). Try Red Beech and Cardinal Pink colors in combination with #008572, 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 #008572 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 Summer Turquoise. Thus Olive and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Summer Turquoise contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Red Devil, Kingfisher Daisy, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #008572 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. Summer Turquoise tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#850012) and two others. The Purple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japanese Laurel – 120° from the complementary Red Devil. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #710085 and #128500.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #008572 is made of 0% red, 54% green and 46% blue. In a HSL mode Summer Turquoise has a hue angle of 171.43°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 26.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #008572 is made of 52.16% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.45% yellow and 47.84% black ink.

HEX #008572
RGB Decimal rgb(0,133,114)
RGB Percentage 0%, 54%, 46%
CMYK 52.16, 0, 7.45, 47.84
HSL hsl(171.43,100%,26.08%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(171.43,100%,52.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.4839,-35.4992,1.5548)
XYZ xyz(11.4248,17.99,18.7898)
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