Turkish Sea Color

#195190

Turkish Sea is soft, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #e6ae6f
Complementary Color #905718
Color Shade: blue cyan (211.76° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 33.14% (better contrasting with white)
Turkish Sea Color Sample
Turkish Sea Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #195190

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Turkish Sea Color. The Barbados Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Copenhagen Blue (#21638b) for more calm effect. Try Traditional Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#905718 is the best complementary color to Turkish Sea. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #195190 complementary color is Hawaiian Tan, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Matisse are #188c90 and #1c1890. Thus found on the left and right of #195190 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Elm and Deep Koamaru colors as they work well with Turkish Sea.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Turkish Sea palette consists of #8c9018 and #901c18 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#905718). Try Trendy Green and Old Brick colors in combination with #195190, 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 #195190 offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Turkish Sea. Thus Vida Loca and Disco giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Turkish Sea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Hawaiian Tan, Violet Eggplant, and La Palma split by 90° on the color wheel. #195190 square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid 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. Turkish Sea tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#905718) and two others. The Disco is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Genoa – 120° from the complementary Hawaiian Tan. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #901851 and #189058.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #195190 is made of 10% red, 32% green and 58% blue. In a HSL mode Turkish Sea has a hue angle of 211.76°, a saturation of 70.41% and a lightness of 33.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #195190 is made of 46.67% cyan, 24.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.53% black ink.

HEX #195190
RGB Decimal rgb(25,81,144)
RGB Percentage 10%, 32%, 58%
CMYK 46.67, 24.71, 0, 43.53
HSL hsl(211.76,70.41%,33.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(211.76,82.64%,56.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(34.2009,6.132,-39.8812)
XYZ xyz(8.3774,8.1051,27.5085)
;