Crisp Cyan Color

#22ffff

Crisp 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 #d00
Complementary Color #ff2121
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 56.67% (better contrasting with black)
Crisp Cyan Color Sample
Crisp Cyan Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #22ffff

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Crisp Cyan Color. The Paint the Sky color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Sparky Blue (#22eeff) for more calm effect. Try Frozen Boubble as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ff2121 is the best complementary color to Crisp 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 #2ff complementary color is Torch Red, 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 White are #21ff90 and #2190ff. Thus found on the left and right of #2ff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spring Green and Dodger Blue colors as they work well with Crisp Cyan.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Crisp Cyan palette consists of #ff9021 and #ff2190 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ff2121). Try Tree Poppy and Persian Rose colors in combination with #2ff, 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 #2ff 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 Crisp Cyan. Thus Broom and Magenta / Fuchsia giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Crisp Cyan contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Torch Red, Electric Violet, and Green Yellow split by 90° on the color wheel. #2ff 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. Crisp Cyan tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#ff2121) and two others. The Magenta / Fuchsia is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green – 120° from the complementary Torch Red. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ff21fe and #21ff21.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #22ffff is made of 6% red, 47% green and 47% blue. In a HSL mode Crisp Cyan has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 56.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #22ffff is made of 86.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #22ffff
RGB Decimal rgb(34,255,255)
RGB Percentage 6%, 47%, 47%
CMYK 86.67, 0, 0, 0
HSL hsl(180,100%,56.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,86.67%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.2705,-47.0599,-13.8917)
XYZ xyz(54.4697,79.0801,107.0009)
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