Blue Lagoon Color

#017987

Blue Lagoon is calm, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta

Inverse Color #fe8678
Complementary Color #870f00
Color Shade: mid cyan (186.27° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 26.67% (better contrasting with white)
Blue Lagoon Color Sample
Blue Lagoon Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #017987

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Blue Lagoon Color. The Green Dragon color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Quetzal Green (#006865) for more energetic effect. Try Advertising Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#870f00 is the best complementary color to Blue Lagoon. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #017987 complementary color is Maroon, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Blue Lagoon are #008751 and #003687. Thus found on the left and right of #017987 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tropical Rain Forest and Resolution Blue colors as they work well with Blue Lagoon.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blue Lagoon palette consists of #875100 and #870035 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#870f00). Try Brown and Siren colors in combination with #017987, 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 #017987 offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blue Lagoon. Thus Olive and Fresh Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blue Lagoon contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Maroon, Pigment Indigo, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #017987 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow 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. Blue Lagoon tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#870f00) and two others. The Fresh Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japanese Laurel – 120° from the complementary Maroon. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #870078 and #00870e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #017987 is made of 0% red, 47% green and 53% blue. In a HSL mode Blue Lagoon has a hue angle of 186.27°, a saturation of 98.53% and a lightness of 26.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #017987 is made of 52.55% cyan, 5.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.06% black ink.

HEX #017987
RGB Decimal rgb(1,121,135)
RGB Percentage 0%, 47%, 53%
CMYK 52.55, 5.49, 0, 47.06
HSL hsl(186.27,98.53%,26.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(186.27,99.26%,52.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.2182,-22.8839,-15.6971)
XYZ xyz(11.2231,15.4305,25.3085)
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