Ottawa Falls Color

#00a78d

Ottawa Falls 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 #ff5872
Complementary Color #a70019
Color Shade: warm cyan (170.66° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 32.75% (better contrasting with white)
Ottawa Falls Color Sample
Ottawa Falls Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #00a78d

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Ottawa Falls Color. The Festive 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 Aqua Experience (#038e85) for more calm effect. Try Carolina Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a70019 is the best complementary color to Ottawa Falls. 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 #00a78d 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 #00a739 and #006da7. Thus found on the left and right of #00a78d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Haze and Allports colors as they work well with Ottawa Falls.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ottawa Falls palette consists of #a73900 and #a7006d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a70019). Try Fire and Flirt colors in combination with #00a78d, 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 #00a78d 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 Ottawa Falls. Thus Pirate Gold and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ottawa Falls contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Carmine, Pigment Indigo, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #00a78d 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. Ottawa Falls tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#a70019) 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 #8d00a7 and #1aa700.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #00a78d is made of 0% red, 54% green and 46% blue. In a HSL mode Ottawa Falls has a hue angle of 170.66°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 32.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00a78d is made of 65.49% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.2% yellow and 34.51% black ink.

HEX #00a78d
RGB Decimal rgb(0,167,141)
RGB Percentage 0%, 54%, 46%
CMYK 65.49, 0, 10.2, 34.51
HSL hsl(170.66,100%,32.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(170.66,100%,65.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.2732,-42.6491,3.1987)
XYZ xyz(18.6264,29.5605,29.9233)
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