Aqua Cyan Color

#01f1f1

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

Inverse Color #fe0e0e
Complementary Color #f10000
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 47.45% (better contrasting with black)
Aqua Cyan Color Sample
Aqua Cyan Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #01f1f1

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Aqua Cyan Color. The Aztec Turquoise color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Mint Morning (#00ddcc) for more energetic effect. Try Thousand Sons Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#f10000 is the best complementary color to Aqua Cyan. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #01f1f1 complementary color is Red, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, warm cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Cyan / Aqua are #00f179 and #0078f1. Thus found on the left and right of #01f1f1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spring Green and Azure Radiance colors as they work well with Aqua Cyan.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Aqua Cyan palette consists of #f17800 and #f10079 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#f10000). Try Gold Drop and Rose colors in combination with #01f1f1, 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 #01f1f1 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 Aqua Cyan. Thus Turbo and Magenta / Fuchsia giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Aqua Cyan contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Red, Electric Violet, and Chartreuse split by 90° on the color wheel. #01f1f1 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, mid 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. Aqua Cyan tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#f10000) and two others. The Magenta / Fuchsia 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 #f100f0 and #00f100.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #01f1f1 is made of 0% red, 50% green and 50% blue. In a HSL mode Aqua Cyan has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 99.17% and a lightness of 47.45%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #01f1f1 is made of 94.12% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.49% black ink.

HEX #01f1f1
RGB Decimal rgb(1,241,241)
RGB Percentage 0%, 50%, 50%
CMYK 94.12, 0, 0, 5.49
HSL hsl(180,99.17%,47.45%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,99.59%,94.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(86.6365,-46.0461,-13.5413)
XYZ xyz(47.345,69.2679,94.0938)
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