Melodious Color

#7bb5ae

Melodious 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 #844a51
Complementary Color #b57a81
Color Shade: warm cyan (172.76° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 59.61% (better contrasting with white)
Melodious Color Sample
Melodious Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7bb5ae

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Melodious Color. The Goose Pond Green 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 Dull Teal (#5f9e8f) for more calm effect. Try Little League as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b57a81 is the best complementary color to Melodious. 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 #7bb5ae 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 #7ab591 and #7a9fb5. Thus found on the left and right of #7bb5ae on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Acapulco and Bali Hai colors as they work well with Melodious.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Melodious palette consists of #b5917a and #b57a9e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b57a81). Try Brandy Rose and Bouquet colors in combination with #7bb5ae, 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 #7bb5ae 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 Melodious. Thus Mongoose and Wisteria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Melodious contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Turkish Rose, Lavender Purple, and Olivine split by 90° on the color wheel. #7bb5ae 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. Melodious tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#b57a81) 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 #ae7ab5 and #81b57a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7bb5ae is made of 26% red, 38% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Melodious has a hue angle of 172.76°, a saturation of 28.16% and a lightness of 59.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7bb5ae is made of 22.74% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.74% yellow and 29.02% black ink.

HEX #7bb5ae
RGB Decimal rgb(123,181,174)
RGB Percentage 26%, 38%, 36%
CMYK 22.74, 0, 2.74, 29.02
HSL hsl(172.76,28.16%,59.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(172.76,32.04%,70.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(69.6931,-20.3316,-2.4564)
XYZ xyz(32.3322,40.3147,46.1218)
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