Dead Sea Color

#77eeee

Dead Sea is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #811
Complementary Color #ee7676
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 70% (better contrasting with black)
Dead Sea Color Sample
Dead Sea Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #77eeee

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Dead Sea Color. The Near Moon color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Turquoise Chalk (#6fe7db) for more calm effect. Try Turkish Turquoise as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#ee7676 is the best complementary color to Dead Sea. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7ee complementary color is Apricot, 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 White are #76eeb2 and #76b2ee. Thus found on the left and right of #7ee on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Riptide and Jordy Blue colors as they work well with Dead Sea.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dead Sea palette consists of #eeb276 and #ee76b2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#ee7676). Try Tacao and Carissma colors in combination with #7ee, 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 #7ee 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 Dead Sea. Thus Manz and Lavender Magenta giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dead Sea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Apricot, Portage, and Sulu split by 90° on the color wheel. #7ee square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, mid 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. Dead Sea tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#ee7676) and two others. The Lavender Magenta is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pastel Green – 120° from the complementary Apricot. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ee76ee and #76ee76.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #77eeee is made of 20% red, 40% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Dead Sea has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 77.78% and a lightness of 70%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #77eeee is made of 46.66% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black ink.

HEX #77eeee
RGB Decimal rgb(119,238,238)
RGB Percentage 20%, 40%, 40%
CMYK 46.66, 0, 0, 6.67
HSL hsl(180,77.78%,70%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,50%,93.33%)
CIE-LAB lab(87.6034,-33.4376,-10.3235)
XYZ xyz(53.6149,71.2441,91.8146)
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