Tropical Kelp Color

#009d7d

Tropical Kelp 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 #ff6282
Complementary Color #9d001f
Color Shade: warm cyan (167.77° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 30.78% (better contrasting with white)
Tropical Kelp Color Sample
Tropical Kelp Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #009d7d

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Tropical Kelp Color. The Slime Girl 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 Deep Sea (#01826b) for more calm effect. Try Mystic Turquoise as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9d001f is the best complementary color to Tropical Kelp. 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 #009d7d complementary color is Carmine, 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 Jade are #009d2e and #006e9d. Thus found on the left and right of #009d7d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fun Green and Allports colors as they work well with Tropical Kelp.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tropical Kelp palette consists of #9d2e00 and #9d006e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9d001f). Try Fire and Flirt colors in combination with #009d7d, 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 #009d7d 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 Tropical Kelp. Thus Olive and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tropical Kelp contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Carmine, Kingfisher Daisy, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #009d7d 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. Tropical Kelp tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#9d001f) and two others. The Purple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japanese Laurel – 120° from the complementary Carmine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7d009d and #1f9d00.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #009d7d is made of 0% red, 56% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Tropical Kelp has a hue angle of 167.77°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 30.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #009d7d is made of 61.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.55% yellow and 38.43% black ink.

HEX #009d7d
RGB Decimal rgb(0,157,125)
RGB Percentage 0%, 56%, 44%
CMYK 61.57, 0, 12.55, 38.43
HSL hsl(167.77,100%,30.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(167.77,100%,61.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(57.6502,-42.776,6.9951)
XYZ xyz(15.7586,25.5946,23.5117)
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