Surgical Green Color

#59a4c1

Surgical Green 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 #a65b3e
Complementary Color #c17559
Color Shade: cool cyan (196.73° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 55.29% (better contrasting with white)
Surgical Green Color Sample
Surgical Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #59a4c1

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Surgical Green Color. The Underwater Moonlight color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Azure Blue (#4d91c6) for more energetic effect. Try Azul Turquesa as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#c17559 is the best complementary color to Surgical Green. 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 #59a4c1 complementary color is Contessa, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Fountain Blue are #59c1a9 and #5970c1. Thus found on the left and right of #59a4c1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fountain Blue and Indigo colors as they work well with Surgical Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Surgical Green palette consists of #c1a959 and #c15970 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c17559). Try Sundance and Fuzzy Wuzzy Brown colors in combination with #59a4c1, 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 #59a4c1 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 Surgical Green. Thus Celery and Fuchsia Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Surgical Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Contessa, Amethyst, and Mantis split by 90° on the color wheel. #59a4c1 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm 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. Surgical Green tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#c17559) and two others. The Fuchsia Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Emerald – 120° from the complementary Contessa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c159a4 and #59c175.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #59a4c1 is made of 20% red, 37% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Surgical Green has a hue angle of 196.73°, a saturation of 45.61% and a lightness of 55.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #59a4c1 is made of 40.79% cyan, 11.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 24.31% black ink.

HEX #59a4c1
RGB Decimal rgb(89,164,193)
RGB Percentage 20%, 37%, 43%
CMYK 40.79, 11.38, 0, 24.31
HSL hsl(196.73,45.61%,55.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(196.73,53.89%,75.69%)
CIE-LAB lab(63.7745,-15.0866,-22.0336)
XYZ xyz(27.0209,32.525,55.3059)
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