Real Turquoise Color

#008a4c

Real Turquoise is soft, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet

Inverse Color #ff75b3
Complementary Color #8a003d
Color Shade: green cyan (153.04° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 27.06% (better contrasting with white)
Real Turquoise Color Sample
Real Turquoise Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #008a4c

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Real Turquoise Color. The Jungle color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Victoria Peak (#007755) for more calm effect. Try Dartmouth Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8a003d is the best complementary color to Real Turquoise. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #008a4c complementary color is Siren, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tropical Rain Forest are #008a06 and #00838a. Thus found on the left and right of #008a4c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Japanese Laurel and Blue Lagoon colors as they work well with Real Turquoise.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Real Turquoise palette consists of #8a0600 and #8a0083 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8a003d). Try Red Berry and Fresh Eggplant colors in combination with #008a4c, 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 #008a4c offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Real Turquoise. Thus Brown and Pigment Indigo giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Real Turquoise contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Siren, Navy Blue, and Olive split by 90° on the color wheel. #008a4c square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid 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. Real Turquoise tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#8a003d) and two others. The Pigment Indigo is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Limeade – 120° from the complementary Siren. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4b008a and #3d8a00.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #008a4c is made of 0% red, 64% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Real Turquoise has a hue angle of 153.04°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 27.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #008a4c is made of 54.12% cyan, 0% magenta, 24.32% yellow and 45.88% black ink.

HEX #008a4c
RGB Decimal rgb(0,138,76)
RGB Percentage 0%, 64%, 36%
CMYK 54.12, 0, 24.32, 45.88
HSL hsl(153.04,100%,27.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(153.04,100%,54.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.3329,-46.8226,24.4367)
XYZ xyz(10.393,18.6988,9.8989)
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