Tech Wave is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta
| Inverse Color | #b38562 |
| Complementary Color | #9d6f4b |
| Color Shade: | cool cyan (205.93° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 45.69% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Tech Wave Color. The Blue Persia color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Federal Blue (#43628b) for more energetic effect. Try Winter Evening as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#9d6f4b is the best complementary color to Tech Wave. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #4c7a9d complementary color is Cape Palliser, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Wedgewood are #4b9d97 and #4b519d. Thus found on the left and right of #4c7a9d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hippie Blue and Victoria colors as they work well with Tech Wave.
The split-complementary Tech Wave palette consists of #9d974b and #9d4b51 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9d6f4b). Try Limed Oak and Copper Rust colors in combination with #4c7a9d, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #4c7a9d offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Tech Wave. Thus Asparagus and Cannon Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Tech Wave contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cape Palliser, Affair, and Fruit Salad split by 90° on the color wheel. #4c7a9d square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Tech Wave tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#9d6f4b) and two others. The Cannon Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fruit Salad – 120° from the complementary Cape Palliser. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9d4b79 and #4b9d6f.
In a RGB color space, hex #4c7a9d is made of 21% red, 34% green and 44% blue. In a HSL mode Tech Wave has a hue angle of 205.93°, a saturation of 34.76% and a lightness of 45.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4c7a9d is made of 31.77% cyan, 13.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 38.43% black ink.
| HEX | #4c7a9d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(76,122,157) |
| RGB Percentage | 21%, 34%, 44% |
| CMYK | 31.77, 13.73, 0, 38.43 |
| HSL | hsl(205.93,34.76%,45.69%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(205.93,51.59%,61.57%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(49.3623,-5.5083,-23.6636) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.0258,17.8899,34.5067) |