Green Fluorite Color

#55bbaa

Green Fluorite 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 #a45
Complementary Color #b56
Color Shade: warm cyan (170° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 53.33% (better contrasting with white)
Green Fluorite Color Sample
Green Fluorite Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #55bbaa

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Green Fluorite Color. The Corrosion Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Dioptase Green (#439e8d) for more calm effect. Try Tourmaline Turquoise as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b56 is the best complementary color to Green Fluorite. 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 #5ba complementary color is White, 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 White are #5b7 and #5598bb. Thus found on the left and right of #5ba on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and Steel Blue colors as they work well with Green Fluorite.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Green Fluorite palette consists of #b75 and #bb5598 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b56). Try White and Mulberry colors in combination with #5ba, 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 #5ba 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 Green Fluorite. Thus White and Amethyst giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Green Fluorite contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, White, and Celery split by 90° on the color wheel. #5ba 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. Green Fluorite tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#b56) and two others. The Amethyst is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mantis – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a955bb and #65bb55.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #55bbaa is made of 19% red, 42% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Green Fluorite has a hue angle of 170°, a saturation of 42.86% and a lightness of 53.33%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #55bbaa is made of 40% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.66% yellow and 26.67% black ink.

HEX #55bbaa
RGB Decimal rgb(85,187,170)
RGB Percentage 19%, 42%, 38%
CMYK 40, 0, 6.66, 26.67
HSL hsl(170,42.86%,53.33%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(170,54.55%,73.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.7352,-33.8246,-0.3869)
XYZ xyz(28.7723,40.3742,44.3068)
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