Orient Color

#015e85

Orient is calm, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #fea17a
Complementary Color #852800
Color Shade: cool cyan (197.73° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 26.27% (better contrasting with white)
Orient Color Sample
Orient Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #015e85

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Orient Color. The Green Spool color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Cleopatra (#007590) for more energetic effect. Try Song Bird as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#852800 is the best complementary color to Orient. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #015e85 complementary color is Red Beech, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Orient are #00856a and #001b85. Thus found on the left and right of #015e85 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Deep Sea and Resolution Blue colors as they work well with Orient.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Orient palette consists of #856900 and #85001b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#852800). Try Olive and Red Devil colors in combination with #015e85, 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 #015e85 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Orient. Thus Limeade and Fresh Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Orient contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Red Beech, Purple, and Japanese Laurel split by 90° on the color wheel. #015e85 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green 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. Orient tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#852800) and two others. The Fresh Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fun Green – 120° from the complementary Red Beech. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #85005d and #008528.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #015e85 is made of 0% red, 41% green and 58% blue. In a HSL mode Orient has a hue angle of 197.73°, a saturation of 98.51% and a lightness of 26.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #015e85 is made of 51.77% cyan, 15.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.84% black ink.

HEX #015e85
RGB Decimal rgb(1,94,133)
RGB Percentage 0%, 41%, 58%
CMYK 51.77, 15.3, 0, 47.84
HSL hsl(197.73,98.51%,26.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(197.73,99.25%,52.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(37.3083,-8.4054,-28.2762)
XYZ xyz(8.2489,9.7053,23.6289)
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