Restless Sea Color

#38515d

Restless Sea 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 #c7aea2
Complementary Color #5c4438
Color Shade: cool cyan (199.46° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 29.22% (better contrasting with white)
Restless Sea Color Sample
Restless Sea Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #38515d

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Restless Sea Color. The Hydro 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 Winter Shadow (#4f6b79) for more calm effect. Try Ruskin Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5c4438 is the best complementary color to Restless Sea. 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 #38515d complementary color is Millbrook, 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 Pickled Bluewood are #385c56 and #383e5c. Thus found on the left and right of #38515d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Stromboli and Oxford Blue colors as they work well with Restless Sea.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Restless Sea palette consists of #5c5638 and #5c383e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5c4438). Try Hemlock and Congo Brown colors in combination with #38515d, 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 #38515d 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 Restless Sea. Thus Verdigris and Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Restless Sea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Millbrook, Voodoo, and Tom Thumb split by 90° on the color wheel. #38515d 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. Restless Sea tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#5c4438) and two others. The Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Killarney – 120° from the complementary Millbrook. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5c3850 and #385c44.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #38515d is made of 24% red, 35% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Restless Sea has a hue angle of 199.46°, a saturation of 24.83% and a lightness of 29.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #38515d is made of 14.51% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 63.53% black ink.

HEX #38515d
RGB Decimal rgb(56,81,93)
RGB Percentage 24%, 35%, 40%
CMYK 14.51, 4.71, 0, 63.53
HSL hsl(199.46,24.83%,29.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(199.46,39.78%,36.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(32.9537,-6.0244,-10.03)
XYZ xyz(6.5491,7.5159,11.4615)
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