Intense Teal Color

#00978c

Intense Teal 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 #ff6873
Complementary Color #97000a
Color Shade: warm cyan (175.63° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 29.61% (better contrasting with white)
Intense Teal Color Sample
Intense Teal Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #00978c

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Intense Teal Color. The Altdorf Sky Blue 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 Emperor's Silk (#00816a) for more calm effect. Try Precious Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#97000a is the best complementary color to Intense Teal. 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 #00978c complementary color is Sangria, 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 Persian Green are #009740 and #005697. Thus found on the left and right of #00978c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Haze and Bahama Blue colors as they work well with Intense Teal.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Intense Teal palette consists of #974000 and #970056 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#97000a). Try Brown and Fresh Eggplant colors in combination with #00978c, 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 #00978c 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 Intense Teal. Thus Olive and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Intense Teal contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sangria, Pigment Indigo, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #00978c 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. Intense Teal tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#97000a) and two others. The Purple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japanese Laurel – 120° from the complementary Sangria. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8b0097 and #0a9700.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #00978c is made of 0% red, 52% green and 48% blue. In a HSL mode Intense Teal has a hue angle of 175.63°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 29.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00978c is made of 59.22% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.32% yellow and 40.78% black ink.

HEX #00978c
RGB Decimal rgb(0,151,140)
RGB Percentage 0%, 52%, 48%
CMYK 59.22, 0, 4.32, 40.78
HSL hsl(175.63,100%,29.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(175.63,100%,59.22%)
CIE-LAB lab(56.1145,-35.9149,-3.7734)
XYZ xyz(15.8002,24.0267,28.6158)
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