Caribbean Turquoise Color

#009d94

Caribbean Turquoise 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 #ff626b
Complementary Color #9d0008
Color Shade: warm cyan (176.56° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 30.78% (better contrasting with white)
Caribbean Turquoise Color Sample
Caribbean Turquoise Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #009d94

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Caribbean Turquoise Color. The Pond Bath 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 Milky Aquamarine as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9d0008 is the best complementary color to Caribbean Turquoise. 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 #009d94 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 #009d45 and #00579d. Thus found on the left and right of #009d94 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Haze and Endeavour colors as they work well with Caribbean Turquoise.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Caribbean Turquoise palette consists of #9d4500 and #9d0057 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9d0008). Try Brown and Fresh Eggplant colors in combination with #009d94, 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 #009d94 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 Caribbean Turquoise. Thus Olive and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Caribbean Turquoise contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Sangria, Pigment Indigo, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #009d94 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. Caribbean Turquoise tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#9d0008) 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 #93009d and #089d00.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #009d94 is made of 0% red, 51% green and 49% blue. In a HSL mode Caribbean Turquoise has a hue angle of 176.56°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 30.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #009d94 is made of 61.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.53% yellow and 38.43% black ink.

HEX #009d94
RGB Decimal rgb(0,157,148)
RGB Percentage 0%, 51%, 49%
CMYK 61.57, 0, 3.53, 38.43
HSL hsl(176.56,100%,30.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(176.56,100%,61.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.2755,-36.2355,-5.1415)
XYZ xyz(17.4023,26.2521,32.1669)
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