Azurite Water Green Color

#497f73

Azurite Water Green is pale, 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 #b6808c
Complementary Color #7f4955
Color Shade: warm cyan (166.67° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 39.22% (better contrasting with white)
Azurite Water Green Color Sample
Azurite Water Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #497f73

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Azurite Water Green Color. The Algen Gerne color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Earhart Emerald (#416659) for more calm effect. Try Green Turquoise as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7f4955 is the best complementary color to Azurite Water 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 #497f73 complementary color is Cannon Pink, 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 Faded Jade are #497f58 and #49707f. Thus found on the left and right of #497f73 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Como and Bismark colors as they work well with Azurite Water Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Azurite Water Green palette consists of #7f5749 and #7f4970 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7f4955). Try Roman Coffee and Cannon Pink colors in combination with #497f73, 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 #497f73 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 Azurite Water Green. Thus Shadow and Affair giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Azurite Water Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cannon Pink, East Bay, and Dingley split by 90° on the color wheel. #497f73 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. Azurite Water Green tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#7f4955) and two others. The Affair is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hippie Green – 120° from the complementary Cannon Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #72497f and #557f49.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #497f73 is made of 23% red, 40% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Azurite Water Green has a hue angle of 166.67°, a saturation of 27% and a lightness of 39.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #497f73 is made of 21.17% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.7% yellow and 50.2% black ink.

HEX #497f73
RGB Decimal rgb(73,127,115)
RGB Percentage 23%, 40%, 37%
CMYK 21.17, 0, 4.7, 50.2
HSL hsl(166.67,27%,39.22%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(166.67,42.52%,49.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.2929,-21.0003,0.9025)
XYZ xyz(13.4315,17.833,18.9539)
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