Teal Blue Color

#044259

Teal Blue 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 #fbbda6
Complementary Color #591b04
Color Shade: cool cyan (196.24° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 18.24% (better contrasting with white)
Teal Blue Color Sample
Teal Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #044259

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Teal Blue Color. The High Profile color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Blueblood (#015086) for more energetic effect. Try Daintree as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#591b04 is the best complementary color to Teal Blue. 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 #044259 complementary color is Brown Bramble, 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 Teal Blue are #045945 and #041759. Thus found on the left and right of #044259 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Evening Sea and Gulf Blue colors as they work well with Teal Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Teal Blue palette consists of #594504 and #590417 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#591b04). Try Deep Bronze and Bordeaux colors in combination with #044259, 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 #044259 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 Teal Blue. Thus Verdun Green and Mulberry Wood giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Teal Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Brown Bramble, Clairvoyant, and San Felix split by 90° on the color wheel. #044259 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. Teal Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#591b04) and two others. The Mulberry Wood is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Camarone – 120° from the complementary Brown Bramble. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #590441 and #04591a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #044259 is made of 3% red, 42% green and 56% blue. In a HSL mode Teal Blue has a hue angle of 196.24°, a saturation of 91.4% and a lightness of 18.24%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #044259 is made of 33.33% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 65.1% black ink.

HEX #044259
RGB Decimal rgb(4,66,89)
RGB Percentage 3%, 42%, 56%
CMYK 33.33, 9.02, 0, 65.1
HSL hsl(196.24,91.4%,18.24%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(196.24,95.51%,34.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(25.694,-8.7242,-18.7895)
XYZ xyz(3.8015,4.6435,10.1471)
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