Montego Bay Color

#3fbabd

Montego Bay is calm, 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 #c04542
Complementary Color #bd423f
Color Shade: mid cyan (181.43° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 49.41% (better contrasting with white)
Montego Bay Color Sample
Montego Bay Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3fbabd

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Montego Bay Color. The Baltic Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Empress Envy (#2a9ca0) for more energetic effect. Try Fischer Blue as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bd423f is the best complementary color to Montego Bay. 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 #3fbabd complementary color is Crail, 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 Pelorous are #3fbd81 and #3f7bbd. Thus found on the left and right of #3fbabd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ocean Green and Steel Blue colors as they work well with Montego Bay.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Montego Bay palette consists of #bd813f and #bd3f7a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bd423f). Try Tussock and Mulberry colors in combination with #3fbabd, 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 #3fbabd 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 Montego Bay. Thus Earls Green and Fuchsia Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Montego Bay contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Crail, Fuchsia Blue, and Sushi split by 90° on the color wheel. #3fbabd 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. Montego Bay tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#bd423f) and two others. The Fuchsia Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Apple – 120° from the complementary Crail. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bd3fba and #3fbd41.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3fbabd is made of 14% red, 42% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Montego Bay has a hue angle of 181.43°, a saturation of 50% and a lightness of 49.41%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3fbabd is made of 49.41% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black ink.

HEX #3fbabd
RGB Decimal rgb(63,186,189)
RGB Percentage 14%, 42%, 43%
CMYK 49.41, 1.18, 0, 25.88
HSL hsl(181.43,50%,49.41%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(181.43,66.67%,74.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.3616,-32.1295,-11.4448)
XYZ xyz(28.7941,39.8487,54.3181)
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