Steel Teal Color

#5f8a8b

Steel Teal 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 #a07574
Complementary Color #8b605f
Color Shade: mid cyan (181.36° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 45.88% (better contrasting with white)
Steel Teal Color Sample
Steel Teal Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #5f8a8b

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Steel Teal Color. The Aqua Rapids color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Trooper (#697a7e) for more calm effect. Try Paradise City as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#8b605f is the best complementary color to Steel Teal. 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 #5f8a8b complementary color is Copper Rose, 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 Patina are #5f8b76 and #5f738b. Thus found on the left and right of #5f8a8b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Viridian Green and Lynch colors as they work well with Steel Teal.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Steel Teal palette consists of #8b765f and #8b5f73 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8b605f). Try Domino and Falcon colors in combination with #5f8a8b, 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 #5f8a8b 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 Steel Teal. Thus Avocado and Strikemaster giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Steel Teal contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Copper Rose, Rum, and Highland split by 90° on the color wheel. #5f8a8b 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. Steel Teal tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#8b605f) and two others. The Strikemaster is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Glade Green – 120° from the complementary Copper Rose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8b5f89 and #5f8b60.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #5f8a8b is made of 26% red, 37% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Steel Teal has a hue angle of 181.36°, a saturation of 18.8% and a lightness of 45.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #5f8a8b is made of 17.26% cyan, 0.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.49% black ink.

HEX #5f8a8b
RGB Decimal rgb(95,138,139)
RGB Percentage 26%, 37%, 37%
CMYK 17.26, 0.39, 0, 45.49
HSL hsl(181.36,18.8%,45.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(181.36,31.65%,54.51%)
CIE-LAB lab(54.5263,-14.3936,-5.2682)
XYZ xyz(18.468,22.4739,27.7906)
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