Spartacus Color

#76a4a7

Spartacus 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 #895b58
Complementary Color #a77976
Color Shade: mid cyan (183.67° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 55.88% (better contrasting with white)
Spartacus Color Sample
Spartacus Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #76a4a7

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Spartacus Color. The Steel Teal color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Polaris Blue (#6f8a8c) for more calm effect. Try Overgrown Trellis as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#a77976 is the best complementary color to Spartacus. 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 #76a4a7 complementary color is Pharlap, 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 Gumbo are #76a791 and #768ba7. Thus found on the left and right of #76a4a7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bay Leaf and Bermuda Gray colors as they work well with Spartacus.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Spartacus palette consists of #a79176 and #a7768b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a77976). Try Donkey Brown and Bouquet colors in combination with #76a4a7, 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 #76a4a7 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 Spartacus. Thus Green Smoke and Bouquet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Spartacus contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pharlap, Lavender Purple, and Sage split by 90° on the color wheel. #76a4a7 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. Spartacus tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#a77976) and two others. The Bouquet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Amulet – 120° from the complementary Pharlap. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a776a3 and #76a779.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #76a4a7 is made of 26% red, 37% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Spartacus has a hue angle of 183.67°, a saturation of 21.78% and a lightness of 55.88%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #76a4a7 is made of 19.22% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.51% black ink.

HEX #76a4a7
RGB Decimal rgb(118,164,167)
RGB Percentage 26%, 37%, 37%
CMYK 19.22, 1.18, 0, 34.51
HSL hsl(183.67,21.78%,55.88%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(183.67,29.34%,65.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(64.3165,-14.6048,-6.5373)
XYZ xyz(27.7217,33.1925,41.5049)
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