Tropic Tide 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 | #933e44 |
| Complementary Color | #c16c72 |
| Color Shade: | warm cyan (175.76° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 59.02% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Tropic Tide Color. The Puerto Rico 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 soft alternative called Dragon Bay (#5da99f) for more calm effect. Try Fountain Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#c16c72 is the best complementary color to Tropic Tide. 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 #6cc1bb complementary color is Contessa, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Fountain Blue are #6cc190 and #6c9cc1. Thus found on the left and right of #6cc1bb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching De York and Glacier colors as they work well with Tropic Tide.
The split-complementary Tropic Tide palette consists of #c1906c and #c16c9c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#c16c72). Try Twine and Hopbush colors in combination with #6cc1bb, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #6cc1bb 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 Tropic Tide. Thus Wild Willow and Wisteria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Tropic Tide contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Contessa, Blue Marguerite, and Olivine split by 90° on the color wheel. #6cc1bb square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Tropic Tide tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#c16c72) and two others. The Wisteria is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mantis – 120° from the complementary Contessa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ba6cc1 and #72c16c.
In a RGB color space, hex #6cc1bb is made of 22% red, 40% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Tropic Tide has a hue angle of 175.76°, a saturation of 40.67% and a lightness of 59.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6cc1bb is made of 33.34% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.36% yellow and 24.31% black ink.
| HEX | #6cc1bb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(108,193,187) |
| RGB Percentage | 22%, 40%, 38% |
| CMYK | 33.34, 0, 2.36, 24.31 |
| HSL | hsl(175.76,40.67%,59.02%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(175.76,44.04%,75.69%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.8365,-27.2023,-5.0257) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.2239,44.9159,53.8796) |