Aqua Waters 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 | #ff6c82 |
| Complementary Color | #930015 |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (171.02° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 28.82% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Aqua Waters Color. The Dragon Scale color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Irish Beauty (#007f59) for more calm effect. Try Belly Flop as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#930015 is the best complementary color to Aqua Waters. 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 #00937d complementary color is Scarlett, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Observatory are #009333 and #005f93. Thus found on the left and right of #00937d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fun Green and Bahama Blue colors as they work well with Aqua Waters.
The split-complementary Aqua Waters palette consists of #933300 and #93005f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#930015). Try Brown and Fresh Eggplant colors in combination with #00937d, 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 #00937d 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 Aqua Waters. Thus Olive and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Aqua Waters contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Scarlett, Kingfisher Daisy, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #00937d square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Aqua Waters tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#930015) and two others. The Purple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japanese Laurel – 120° from the complementary Scarlett. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7c0093 and #159300.
In a RGB color space, hex #00937d is made of 0% red, 54% green and 46% blue. In a HSL mode Aqua Waters has a hue angle of 171.02°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 28.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00937d is made of 57.65% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.63% yellow and 42.35% black ink.
| HEX | #00937d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,147,125) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 54%, 46% |
| CMYK | 57.65, 0, 8.63, 42.35 |
| HSL | hsl(171.02,100%,28.82%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(171.02,100%,57.65%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.3944,-38.5174,2.3092) |
| XYZ | xyz(14.1354,22.3481,22.9706) |