Teal Forest Color

#405b5d

Teal Forest 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 #bfa4a2
Complementary Color #5d4240
Color Shade: mid cyan (184.14° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 30.78% (better contrasting with white)
Teal Forest Color Sample
Teal Forest Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #405b5d

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Teal Forest Color. The Bowman Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Theatre Dress (#274242) for more energetic effect. Try Green Gables as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#5d4240 is the best complementary color to Teal Forest. 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 #405b5d complementary color is Kabul, 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 Mineral Green are #405d50 and #404c5d. Thus found on the left and right of #405b5d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mineral Green and River Bed colors as they work well with Teal Forest.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Teal Forest palette consists of #5d5040 and #5d404c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5d4240). Try Kabul and Eggplant colors in combination with #405b5d, 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 #405b5d 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 Forest. Thus Hemlock and Eggplant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Teal Forest contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kabul, Mulled Wine, and Tom Thumb split by 90° on the color wheel. #405b5d 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 Forest tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#5d4240) and two others. The Eggplant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tom Thumb – 120° from the complementary Kabul. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5d405a and #405d42.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #405b5d is made of 26% red, 37% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Teal Forest has a hue angle of 184.14°, a saturation of 18.47% and a lightness of 30.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #405b5d is made of 11.37% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 63.53% black ink.

HEX #405b5d
RGB Decimal rgb(64,91,93)
RGB Percentage 26%, 37%, 38%
CMYK 11.37, 0.78, 0, 63.53
HSL hsl(184.14,18.47%,30.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(184.14,31.18%,36.47%)
CIE-LAB lab(36.673,-9.4682,-4.4041)
XYZ xyz(7.8312,9.3625,11.7503)
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