Moray Eel Color

#00a78b

Moray Eel 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 #ff5874
Complementary Color #a7001b
Color Shade: warm cyan (169.94° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 32.75% (better contrasting with white)
Moray Eel Color Sample
Moray Eel Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #00a78b

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Moray Eel Color. The Carolina Green 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 Indonesian Jungle (#008c69) for more calm effect. Try Industrial Turquoise as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a7001b is the best complementary color to Moray Eel. 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 #00a78b 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 #00a737 and #006fa7. Thus found on the left and right of #00a78b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Haze and Allports colors as they work well with Moray Eel.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Moray Eel palette consists of #a73700 and #a7006f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a7001b). Try Fire and Flirt colors in combination with #00a78b, 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 #00a78b 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 Moray Eel. Thus Pirate Gold and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Moray Eel contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Carmine, Pigment Indigo, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #00a78b 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. Moray Eel tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#a7001b) 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 #8b00a7 and #1ba700.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #00a78b is made of 0% red, 55% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Moray Eel has a hue angle of 169.94°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 32.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00a78b is made of 65.49% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.98% yellow and 34.51% black ink.

HEX #00a78b
RGB Decimal rgb(0,167,139)
RGB Percentage 0%, 55%, 45%
CMYK 65.49, 0, 10.98, 34.51
HSL hsl(169.94,100%,32.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(169.94,100%,65.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.2217,-43.1961,4.2451)
XYZ xyz(18.4789,29.5015,29.1465)
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