Turtle Lake is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet
| Inverse Color | #8c485a |
| Complementary Color | #b77384 |
| Color Shade: | green cyan (164.12° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 58.43% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Turtle Lake Color. The Tropical Holiday color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Scotch Lassie (#649d85) for more calm effect. Try Grey Teal as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#b77384 is the best complementary color to Turtle Lake. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #73b7a5 complementary color is Turkish Rose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Acapulco are #73b783 and #73a7b7. Thus found on the left and right of #73b7a5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silver Tree and Neptune colors as they work well with Turtle Lake.
The split-complementary Turtle Lake palette consists of #b78373 and #b773a6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b77384). Try Brandy Rose and Bouquet colors in combination with #73b7a5, 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 #73b7a5 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Turtle Lake. Thus Mongoose and Wisteria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Turtle Lake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Turkish Rose, Purple Mountain's Majesty, and Green Smoke split by 90° on the color wheel. #73b7a5 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Turtle Lake tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#b77384) and two others. The Wisteria is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Olivine – 120° from the complementary Turkish Rose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a573b7 and #84b773.
In a RGB color space, hex #73b7a5 is made of 25% red, 40% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Turtle Lake has a hue angle of 164.12°, a saturation of 32.08% and a lightness of 58.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #73b7a5 is made of 26.66% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.05% yellow and 28.24% black ink.
| HEX | #73b7a5 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(115,183,165) |
| RGB Percentage | 25%, 40%, 36% |
| CMYK | 26.66, 0, 7.05, 28.24 |
| HSL | hsl(164.12,32.08%,58.43%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(164.12,37.16%,71.76%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.6319,-25.6887,2.3551) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.7952,40.2284,41.7391) |