Buzzards Bay Color

#017a79

Buzzards Bay 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 #fe8586
Complementary Color #7a0002
Color Shade: warm cyan (179.5° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 24.12% (better contrasting with white)
Buzzards Bay Color Sample
Buzzards Bay Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #017a79

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Buzzards Bay Color. The Paradise Landscape color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Cruising (#018498) for more energetic effect. Try Turkish Aqua as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#7a0002 is the best complementary color to Buzzards Bay. 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 #017a79 complementary color is Maroon, 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 Pine Green are #007a3c and #003e7a. Thus found on the left and right of #017a79 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fun Green and Regal Blue colors as they work well with Buzzards Bay.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Buzzards Bay palette consists of #7a3c00 and #7a003e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7a0002). Try Cinnamon and Siren colors in combination with #017a79, 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 #017a79 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 Buzzards Bay. Thus Olive and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Buzzards Bay contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Maroon, Pigment Indigo, and Verdun Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #017a79 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. Buzzards Bay tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#7a0002) and two others. The Purple 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 #78007a and #027a00.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #017a79 is made of 0% red, 50% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Buzzards Bay has a hue angle of 179.5°, a saturation of 98.37% and a lightness of 24.12%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #017a79 is made of 47.45% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.39% yellow and 52.16% black ink.

HEX #017a79
RGB Decimal rgb(1,122,121)
RGB Percentage 0%, 50%, 50%
CMYK 47.45, 0, 0.39, 52.16
HSL hsl(179.5,98.37%,24.12%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(179.5,99.18%,47.84%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.0505,-28.1321,-7.6345)
XYZ xyz(10.4232,15.306,20.4942)
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