Hidden Sea Glass Color

#6fd1c9

Hidden Sea Glass 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 #902e36
Complementary Color #d06f76
Color Shade: warm cyan (175.1° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 62.75% (better contrasting with white)
Hidden Sea Glass Color Sample
Hidden Sea Glass Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6fd1c9

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Hidden Sea Glass Color. The Aqua Bloom color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Arctic Blue (#95d6dc) for more calm effect. Try Pharaoh's Seas as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#d06f76 is the best complementary color to Hidden Sea Glass. 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 #6fd1c9 complementary color is New York Pink, 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 Downy are #6fd098 and #6fa7d0. Thus found on the left and right of #6fd1c9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching De York and Danube colors as they work well with Hidden Sea Glass.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Hidden Sea Glass palette consists of #d0986f and #d06fa8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d06f76). Try Whiskey and Hopbush colors in combination with #6fd1c9, 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 #6fd1c9 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 Hidden Sea Glass. Thus Laser and Lavender giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Hidden Sea Glass contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary New York Pink, Lilac Bush, and Wild Willow split by 90° on the color wheel. #6fd1c9 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. Hidden Sea Glass tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#d06f76) and two others. The Lavender is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mantis – 120° from the complementary New York Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #c86fd0 and #76d06f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6fd1c9 is made of 21% red, 40% green and 39% blue. In a HSL mode Hidden Sea Glass has a hue angle of 175.1°, a saturation of 51.58% and a lightness of 62.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6fd1c9 is made of 38.43% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 18.04% black ink.

HEX #6fd1c9
RGB Decimal rgb(111,209,201)
RGB Percentage 21%, 40%, 39%
CMYK 38.43, 0, 3.14, 18.04
HSL hsl(175.1,51.58%,62.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(175.1,46.89%,81.96%)
CIE-LAB lab(77.9914,-30.758,-4.9754)
XYZ xyz(39.8986,53.1975,63.4236)
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