Tarawera is pale, 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 | #dac3b7 |
| Complementary Color | #483024 |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (200.57° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 21.37% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Tarawera Color. The Deep Loch 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 soft alternative called Frozen Stream (#30555d) for more calm effect. Try Green Moonstone as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#483024 is the best complementary color to Tarawera. 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 #253c48 complementary color is Saddle, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Pickled Bluewood are #244842 and #242a48. Thus found on the left and right of #253c48 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Plantation and Port Gore colors as they work well with Tarawera.
The split-complementary Tarawera palette consists of #484224 and #48242a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#483024). Try Lisbon Brown and Crater Brown colors in combination with #253c48, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #253c48 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 Tarawera. Thus Woodland and Livid Brown giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Tarawera contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Saddle, Bossanova, and Mallard split by 90° on the color wheel. #253c48 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Tarawera tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#483024) and two others. The Livid Brown is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Everglade – 120° from the complementary Saddle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #48243c and #244831.
In a RGB color space, hex #253c48 is made of 22% red, 36% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Tarawera has a hue angle of 200.57°, a saturation of 32.11% and a lightness of 21.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #253c48 is made of 13.73% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 71.76% black ink.
| HEX | #253c48 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(37,60,72) |
| RGB Percentage | 22%, 36%, 43% |
| CMYK | 13.73, 4.71, 0, 71.76 |
| HSL | hsl(200.57,32.11%,21.37%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(200.57,48.61%,28.24%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(23.9763,-5.2002,-10.1673) |
| XYZ | xyz(3.5485,4.0929,6.7339) |