Marine Magic Color

#515e62

Marine Magic 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 #aea19d
Complementary Color #615551
Color Shade: mid cyan (194.12° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 35.1% (better contrasting with white)
Marine Magic Color Sample
Marine Magic Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #515e62

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Marine Magic Color. The Sea Beast color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Battleship Grey (#6f7476) for more calm effect. Try Pike Lake as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#615551 is the best complementary color to Marine Magic. 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 #515e62 complementary color is Dorado, 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 Trout are #51615d and #515561. Thus found on the left and right of #515e62 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Nandor and Trout colors as they work well with Marine Magic.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Marine Magic palette consists of #615d51 and #615155 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#615551). Try Soya Bean and Don Juan colors in combination with #515e62, 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 #515e62 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 Marine Magic. Thus Siam and Don Juan giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Marine Magic contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dorado, Salt Box, and Finlandia split by 90° on the color wheel. #515e62 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. Marine Magic tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#615551) and two others. The Don Juan is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Nandor – 120° from the complementary Dorado. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #61515d and #516155.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #515e62 is made of 30% red, 34% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Marine Magic has a hue angle of 194.12°, a saturation of 9.5% and a lightness of 35.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #515e62 is made of 6.67% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 61.57% black ink.

HEX #515e62
RGB Decimal rgb(81,94,98)
RGB Percentage 30%, 34%, 36%
CMYK 6.67, 1.57, 0, 61.57
HSL hsl(194.12,9.5%,35.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(194.12,17.35%,38.43%)
CIE-LAB lab(38.9615,-4.0453,-3.9787)
XYZ xyz(9.6006,10.6366,13.1023)
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