Sea Hunter Color

#245878

Sea Hunter 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 #dba787
Complementary Color #784424
Color Shade: cool cyan (202.86° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 30.59% (better contrasting with white)
Sea Hunter Color Sample
Sea Hunter Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #245878

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Sea Hunter Color. The Living Stream color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Loon Turquoise (#2e6676) for more calm effect. Try Alpine Race as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#784424 is the best complementary color to Sea Hunter. 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 #245878 complementary color is Pickled Bean, 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 Bay of Many are #24786e and #242d78. Thus found on the left and right of #245878 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lochinvar and Bay of Many colors as they work well with Sea Hunter.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sea Hunter palette consists of #786e24 and #78242d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#784424). Try Crete and Crown of Thorns colors in combination with #245878, 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 #245878 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 Sea Hunter. Thus Fern Frond and Tawny Port giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sea Hunter contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pickled Bean, Eminence, and Forest Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #245878 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. Sea Hunter tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#784424) and two others. The Tawny Port is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Eucalyptus – 120° from the complementary Pickled Bean. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #782457 and #247844.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #245878 is made of 15% red, 36% green and 49% blue. In a HSL mode Sea Hunter has a hue angle of 202.86°, a saturation of 53.85% and a lightness of 30.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #245878 is made of 32.94% cyan, 12.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 52.94% black ink.

HEX #245878
RGB Decimal rgb(36,88,120)
RGB Percentage 15%, 36%, 49%
CMYK 32.94, 12.55, 0, 52.94
HSL hsl(202.86,53.85%,30.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(202.86,70%,47.06%)
CIE-LAB lab(35.421,-6.1639,-23.2025)
XYZ xyz(7.6074,8.7106,19.0497)
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