Peacock Feather Color

#12939a

Peacock Feather 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 #ed6c65
Complementary Color #9a1911
Color Shade: mid cyan (183.09° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 33.73% (better contrasting with white)
Peacock Feather Color Sample
Peacock Feather Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #12939a

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Peacock Feather Color. The Coelia Greenshade color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Ahriman Blue (#199ebd) for more calm effect. Try Pagoda as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9a1911 is the best complementary color to Peacock Feather. 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 #12939a complementary color is Tamarillo, 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 Chill are #119a5d and #114e9a. Thus found on the left and right of #12939a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Salem and Tory Blue colors as they work well with Peacock Feather.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Peacock Feather palette consists of #9a5d11 and #9a114e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9a1911). Try Hawaiian Tan and Disco colors in combination with #12939a, 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 #12939a 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 Peacock Feather. Thus Sahara and Violet Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Peacock Feather contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tamarillo, Blue Gem, and Christi split by 90° on the color wheel. #12939a 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. Peacock Feather tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#9a1911) and two others. The Violet Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and La Palma – 120° from the complementary Tamarillo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9a1192 and #119a19.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #12939a is made of 6% red, 46% green and 48% blue. In a HSL mode Peacock Feather has a hue angle of 183.09°, a saturation of 79.07% and a lightness of 33.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #12939a is made of 53.33% cyan, 2.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.61% black ink.

HEX #12939a
RGB Decimal rgb(18,147,154)
RGB Percentage 6%, 46%, 48%
CMYK 53.33, 2.74, 0, 39.61
HSL hsl(183.09,79.07%,33.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(183.09,88.31%,60.39%)
CIE-LAB lab(55.4097,-28.7875,-12.8374)
XYZ xyz(16.5159,23.3291,34.2043)
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