Arcadia Color

#00a28a

Arcadia 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 #ff5d75
Complementary Color #a20017
Color Shade: warm cyan (171.11° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 31.76% (better contrasting with white)
Arcadia Color Sample
Arcadia Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #00a28a

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Arcadia Color. The Wax Crayon 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 Paradise Landscape (#009494) for more calm effect. Try Slime Girl as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a20017 is the best complementary color to Arcadia. 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 #00a28a 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 Persian Green are #00a239 and #0068a2. Thus found on the left and right of #00a28a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Haze and Allports colors as they work well with Arcadia.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Arcadia palette consists of #a23900 and #a20068 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a20017). Try Fire and Flirt colors in combination with #00a28a, 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 #00a28a 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 Arcadia. Thus Pirate Gold and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Arcadia contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Carmine, Pigment Indigo, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #00a28a 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. Arcadia tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#a20017) 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 #8900a2 and #17a200.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #00a28a is made of 0% red, 54% green and 46% blue. In a HSL mode Arcadia has a hue angle of 171.11°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 31.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00a28a is made of 63.53% cyan, 0% magenta, 9.41% yellow and 36.47% black ink.

HEX #00a28a
RGB Decimal rgb(0,162,138)
RGB Percentage 0%, 54%, 46%
CMYK 63.53, 0, 9.41, 36.47
HSL hsl(171.11,100%,31.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(171.11,100%,63.53%)
CIE-LAB lab(59.5946,-41.3483,2.4538)
XYZ xyz(17.5078,27.6756,28.4639)
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