Painted Sea 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 | #ff7a6a |
| Complementary Color | #950f00 |
| Color Shade: | mid cyan (186.44° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 29.22% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Painted Sea Color. The Active Turquoise 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 Private Eye (#006e89) for more calm effect. Try Altdorf Sky Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#950f00 is the best complementary color to Painted Sea. 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 #008595 complementary color is Red Berry, 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 Blue Lagoon are #00955a and #003a95. Thus found on the left and right of #008595 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Haze and Smalt colors as they work well with Painted Sea.
The split-complementary Painted Sea palette consists of #955a00 and #95003a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#950f00). Try Brown and Paprika colors in combination with #008595, 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 #008595 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 Painted Sea. Thus Olive and Flirt giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Painted Sea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Red Berry, Purple, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #008595 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. Painted Sea tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#950f00) and two others. The Flirt is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japanese Laurel – 120° from the complementary Red Berry. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #950084 and #00950f.
In a RGB color space, hex #008595 is made of 0% red, 47% green and 53% blue. In a HSL mode Painted Sea has a hue angle of 186.44°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 29.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #008595 is made of 58.43% cyan, 6.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 41.57% black ink.
| HEX | #008595 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,133,149) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 47%, 53% |
| CMYK | 58.43, 6.27, 0, 41.57 |
| HSL | hsl(186.44,100%,29.22%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(186.44,100%,58.43%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(50.6228,-24.2939,-17.2162) |
| XYZ | xyz(13.8123,18.945,31.3625) |