Pacific Sea Teal Color

#3e8083

Pacific Sea Teal 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 #c17f7c
Complementary Color #83403e
Color Shade: mid cyan (182.61° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 37.84% (better contrasting with white)
Pacific Sea Teal Color Sample
Pacific Sea Teal Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3e8083

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Pacific Sea Teal Color. The Water Carrier color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Aquarius Reef Base (#559999) for more calm effect. Try Dusky Alpine Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#83403e is the best complementary color to Pacific Sea Teal. 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 #3e8083 complementary color is Lotus, 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 Ming are #3e8363 and #3e5d83. Thus found on the left and right of #3e8083 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Viridian and East Bay colors as they work well with Pacific Sea Teal.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pacific Sea Teal palette consists of #83633e and #833e5d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#83403e). Try Spicy Mix and Cannon Pink colors in combination with #3e8083, 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 #3e8083 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 Pacific Sea Teal. Thus Sycamore and Cannon Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pacific Sea Teal contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lotus, Affair, and Fern Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #3e8083 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. Pacific Sea Teal tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#83403e) and two others. The Cannon Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Goblin – 120° from the complementary Lotus. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #833e7f and #3e8340.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3e8083 is made of 19% red, 40% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Pacific Sea Teal has a hue angle of 182.61°, a saturation of 35.75% and a lightness of 37.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3e8083 is made of 27.06% cyan, 1.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 48.63% black ink.

HEX #3e8083
RGB Decimal rgb(62,128,131)
RGB Percentage 19%, 40%, 41%
CMYK 27.06, 1.17, 0, 48.63
HSL hsl(182.61,35.75%,37.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(182.61,52.67%,51.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.6186,-20.0279,-8.0775)
XYZ xyz(13.8025,18.1012,24.2391)
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