Turquoise Blue Color

#00ffef

Turquoise Blue is calm, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #ff0010
Complementary Color #ff000f
Color Shade: warm cyan (176.24° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50% (better contrasting with black)
Turquoise Blue Color Sample
Turquoise Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #00ffef

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Turquoise Blue Color. The Mint Morning color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Lightsaber Blue (#15f2fd) for more calm effect. Try Electric Cyan as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ff000f is the best complementary color to Turquoise Blue. 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 #00ffef complementary color is Red, 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 Cyan / Aqua are #00ff6f and #008fff. Thus found on the left and right of #00ffef on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spring Green and Azure Radiance colors as they work well with Turquoise Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Turquoise Blue palette consists of #ff6f00 and #ff008f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ff000f). Try Blaze Orange and Rose colors in combination with #00ffef, 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 #00ffef 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 Turquoise Blue. Thus Turbo and Electric Violet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Turquoise Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Red, Electric Violet, and Chartreuse split by 90° on the color wheel. #00ffef 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. Turquoise Blue tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#ff000f) and two others. The Electric Violet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green – 120° from the complementary Red. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ef00ff and #0fff00.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #00ffef is made of 0% red, 52% green and 48% blue. In a HSL mode Turquoise Blue has a hue angle of 176.24°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00ffef is made of 100% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.27% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #00ffef
RGB Decimal rgb(0,255,239)
RGB Percentage 0%, 52%, 48%
CMYK 100, 0, 6.27, 0
HSL hsl(176.24,100%,50%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(176.24,100%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(90.6666,-52.5686,-6.5047)
XYZ xyz(51.34,77.752,93.9631)
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