Galaxy Green Color

#79afad

Galaxy Green 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 #865052
Complementary Color #af787a
Color Shade: warm cyan (177.78° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 58.04% (better contrasting with white)
Galaxy Green Color Sample
Galaxy Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #79afad

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Galaxy Green Color. The Festoon Aqua color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Green Turquoise (#679591) for more calm effect. Try Baltic Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#af787a is the best complementary color to Galaxy Green. 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 #79afad complementary color is Turkish Rose, 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 Gulf Stream are #78af92 and #7895af. Thus found on the left and right of #79afad on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Acapulco and Bali Hai colors as they work well with Galaxy Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Galaxy Green palette consists of #af9278 and #af7895 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#af787a). Try Sandrift and Bouquet colors in combination with #79afad, 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 #79afad 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 Galaxy Green. Thus Green Smoke and Wisteria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Galaxy Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Turkish Rose, Lavender Purple, and Green Smoke split by 90° on the color wheel. #79afad 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. Galaxy Green tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#af787a) and two others. The Wisteria is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bay Leaf – 120° from the complementary Turkish Rose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ad78af and #7aaf78.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #79afad is made of 26% red, 37% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Galaxy Green has a hue angle of 177.78°, a saturation of 25.23% and a lightness of 58.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #79afad is made of 21.18% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.79% yellow and 31.37% black ink.

HEX #79afad
RGB Decimal rgb(121,175,173)
RGB Percentage 26%, 37%, 37%
CMYK 21.18, 0, 0.79, 31.37
HSL hsl(177.78,25.23%,58.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(177.78,30.86%,68.63%)
CIE-LAB lab(67.83,-18.0607,-4.66)
XYZ xyz(30.758,37.742,45.199)
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