Celtic Queen Color

#00886b

Celtic Queen 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 #ff7794
Complementary Color #88001c
Color Shade: warm cyan (167.21° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 26.67% (better contrasting with white)
Celtic Queen Color Sample
Celtic Queen Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #00886b

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Celtic Queen Color. The Natural Watercourse color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Falcon Turquoise (#007062) for more calm effect. Try Teal Dark Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#88001c is the best complementary color to Celtic Queen. 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 #00886b complementary color is Burgundy, 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 #008827 and #006188. Thus found on the left and right of #00886b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fun Green and Orient colors as they work well with Celtic Queen.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Celtic Queen palette consists of #882600 and #880060 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#88001c). Try Red Beech and Fresh Eggplant colors in combination with #00886b, 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 #00886b 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 Celtic Queen. Thus Olive and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Celtic Queen contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Burgundy, Kingfisher Daisy, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #00886b 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. Celtic Queen tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#88001c) and two others. The Purple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japanese Laurel – 120° from the complementary Burgundy. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6a0088 and #1c8800.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #00886b is made of 0% red, 56% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Celtic Queen has a hue angle of 167.21°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 26.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00886b is made of 53.33% cyan, 0% magenta, 11.37% yellow and 46.67% black ink.

HEX #00886b
RGB Decimal rgb(0,136,107)
RGB Percentage 0%, 56%, 44%
CMYK 53.33, 0, 11.37, 46.67
HSL hsl(167.21,100%,26.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(167.21,100%,53.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.2987,-38.7722,6.8048)
XYZ xyz(11.458,18.6699,16.9097)
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