Rare Wind Color

#55ffcc

Rare Wind is calm, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet

Inverse Color #a03
Complementary Color #fe5587
Color Shade: green cyan (162° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 66.67% (better contrasting with black)
Rare Wind Color Sample
Rare Wind Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #55ffcc

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Rare Wind Color. The Iridescent Turquoise color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Hiroshima Aquamarine (#7fffd4) for more calm effect. Try Spindrift as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#fe5587 is the best complementary color to Rare Wind. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5fc complementary color is Wild Watermelon, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #55fe77 and #55dcfe. Thus found on the left and right of #5fc on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Screamin' Green and Malibu colors as they work well with Rare Wind.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rare Wind palette consists of #fe7755 and #fe55dc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fe5587). Try Coral and Pink Flamingo colors in combination with #5fc, 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 #5fc offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Rare Wind. Thus Golden Tainoi and Heliotrope giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rare Wind contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wild Watermelon, Cornflower Blue, and Canary split by 90° on the color wheel. #5fc square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid 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. Rare Wind tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#fe5587) and two others. The Heliotrope is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Screamin' Green – 120° from the complementary Wild Watermelon. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cc55fe and #87fe55.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #55ffcc is made of 16% red, 47% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Rare Wind has a hue angle of 162°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 66.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #55ffcc is made of 66.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #55ffcc
RGB Decimal rgb(85,255,204)
RGB Percentage 16%, 47%, 38%
CMYK 66.67, 0, 20, 0
HSL hsl(162,100%,66.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(162,66.67%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(90.6936,-55.1708,11.7614)
XYZ xyz(50.4054,77.8109,69.4891)
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