Arctic Green Color

#45bcb3

Arctic Green is calm, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #ba434c
Complementary Color #bc444d
Color Shade: warm cyan (175.46° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50.39% (better contrasting with white)
Arctic Green Color Sample
Arctic Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #45bcb3

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Arctic Green Color. The Zomp color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Marine Green (#40a48e) for more calm effect. Try Blue Racer as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#bc444d is the best complementary color to Arctic Green. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #45bcb3 complementary color is Chestnut, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Puerto Rico are #44bc77 and #4489bc. Thus found on the left and right of #45bcb3 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Ocean Green and Steel Blue colors as they work well with Arctic Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Arctic Green palette consists of #bc7744 and #bc4489 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bc444d). Try Brown Rust and Mulberry colors in combination with #45bcb3, 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 #45bcb3 offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Arctic Green. Thus Roti and Amethyst giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Arctic Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Chestnut, Studio, and Sushi split by 90° on the color wheel. #45bcb3 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow 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. Arctic Green tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#bc444d) and two others. The Amethyst is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Apple – 120° from the complementary Chestnut. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b244bc and #4dbc44.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #45bcb3 is made of 16% red, 43% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Arctic Green has a hue angle of 175.46°, a saturation of 47.04% and a lightness of 50.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #45bcb3 is made of 46.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.53% yellow and 26.27% black ink.

HEX #45bcb3
RGB Decimal rgb(69,188,179)
RGB Percentage 16%, 43%, 41%
CMYK 46.67, 0, 3.53, 26.27
HSL hsl(175.46,47.04%,50.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(175.46,63.3%,73.73%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.8145,-34.9389,-5.2632)
XYZ xyz(28.5741,40.4863,48.9565)
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