Tropics Color

#009b8e

Tropics 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 #ff6471
Complementary Color #9b000c
Color Shade: warm cyan (174.97° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 30.39% (better contrasting with white)
Tropics Color Sample
Tropics Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #009b8e

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Tropics Color. The Windows 95 Desktop 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 Marine Teal (#008384) for more calm effect. Try Belly Flop as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9b000c is the best complementary color to Tropics. 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 #009b8e 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 #009b40 and #005a9b. Thus found on the left and right of #009b8e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Haze and Endeavour colors as they work well with Tropics.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tropics palette consists of #9b4000 and #9b005a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9b000c). Try Brown and Fresh Eggplant colors in combination with #009b8e, 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 #009b8e 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 Tropics. Thus Olive and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tropics contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sangria, Pigment Indigo, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #009b8e 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. Tropics tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#9b000c) 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 #8e009b and #0d9b00.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #009b8e is made of 0% red, 52% green and 48% blue. In a HSL mode Tropics has a hue angle of 174.97°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 30.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #009b8e is made of 60.78% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.09% yellow and 39.22% black ink.

HEX #009b8e
RGB Decimal rgb(0,155,142)
RGB Percentage 0%, 52%, 48%
CMYK 60.78, 0, 5.09, 39.22
HSL hsl(174.97,100%,30.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(174.97,100%,60.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(57.4589,-37.126,-2.9337)
XYZ xyz(16.6038,25.3957,29.6179)
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