Paradise Island Color

#5aa7a0

Paradise Island is pale, 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 #a5585f
Complementary Color #a75960
Color Shade: warm cyan (174.55° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 50.39% (better contrasting with white)
Paradise Island Color Sample
Paradise Island Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5aa7a0

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Paradise Island Color. The Bluebound color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Blue Chill (#408f90) for more energetic effect. Try Bristol Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a75960 is the best complementary color to Paradise Island. 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 #5aa7a0 complementary color is Matrix, 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 Breaker Bay are #59a779 and #5987a7. Thus found on the left and right of #5aa7a0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Aqua Forest and Horizon colors as they work well with Paradise Island.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Paradise Island palette consists of #a77959 and #a75987 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a75960). Try Muesli and Tapestry colors in combination with #5aa7a0, 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 #5aa7a0 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 Paradise Island. Thus Barley Corn and Wisteria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Paradise Island contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Matrix, Deluge, and Chelsea Cucumber split by 90° on the color wheel. #5aa7a0 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. Paradise Island tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#a75960) and two others. The Wisteria is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fruit Salad – 120° from the complementary Matrix. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a059a7 and #60a759.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5aa7a0 is made of 22% red, 40% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Paradise Island has a hue angle of 174.55°, a saturation of 30.43% and a lightness of 50.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5aa7a0 is made of 30.2% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.74% yellow and 34.51% black ink.

HEX #5aa7a0
RGB Decimal rgb(90,167,160)
RGB Percentage 22%, 40%, 38%
CMYK 30.2, 0, 2.74, 34.51
HSL hsl(174.55,30.43%,50.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(174.55,46.11%,65.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(63.6304,-25.5444,-3.7848)
XYZ xyz(24.3803,32.3492,38.2167)
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