Teal Essence Color

#3da3ae

Teal Essence is pale, cool-toned shade of mid cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid red, yellow green or mid magenta

Inverse Color #c25c51
Complementary Color #ae473d
Color Shade: mid cyan (185.84° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 46.08% (better contrasting with white)
Teal Essence Color Sample
Teal Essence Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3da3ae

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Teal Essence Color. The Azure Tide color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Seachange (#3e8896) for more calm effect. Try Green Grapple as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#ae473d is the best complementary color to Teal Essence. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3da3ae complementary color is Apple Blossom, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Boston Blue are #3dae80 and #3d6aae. Thus found on the left and right of #3da3ae on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ocean Green and San Marino colors as they work well with Teal Essence.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Teal Essence palette consists of #ae803d and #ae3d6a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ae473d). Try Copper and Rouge colors in combination with #3da3ae, 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 #3da3ae 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 Teal Essence. Thus Sushi and Medium Red Violet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Teal Essence contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Apple Blossom, Royal Purple, and Apple split by 90° on the color wheel. #3da3ae square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow 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. Teal Essence tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#ae473d) and two others. The Medium Red Violet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Apple – 120° from the complementary Apple Blossom. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ae3da3 and #3dae48.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3da3ae is made of 15% red, 41% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Teal Essence has a hue angle of 185.84°, a saturation of 48.09% and a lightness of 46.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3da3ae is made of 44.32% cyan, 4.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black ink.

HEX #3da3ae
RGB Decimal rgb(61,163,174)
RGB Percentage 15%, 41%, 44%
CMYK 44.32, 4.32, 0, 31.76
HSL hsl(185.84,48.09%,46.08%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(185.84,64.94%,68.24%)
CIE-LAB lab(61.8629,-25.5735,-14.3831)
XYZ xyz(22.6616,30.2425,44.6874)
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