Acapulco Color

#7cb0a1

Acapulco 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 #834f5e
Complementary Color #b07c8a
Color Shade: green cyan (162.69° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 58.82% (better contrasting with white)
Acapulco Color Sample
Acapulco Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7cb0a1

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Acapulco Color. The Avalon color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Pale Verdigris (#6f9892) for more calm effect. Try Lunar Tide as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b07c8a is the best complementary color to Acapulco. 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 #7cb0a1 complementary color is Turkish Rose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

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 #7cb087 and #7ca4b0. Thus found on the left and right of #7cb0a1 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bay Leaf and Bali Hai colors as they work well with Acapulco.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Acapulco palette consists of #b0877c and #b07ca4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b07c8a). Try Sandrift and Bouquet colors in combination with #7cb0a1, 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 #7cb0a1 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 Acapulco. Thus Mongoose and Lavender Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Acapulco contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Turkish Rose, Lavender Purple, and Green Smoke split by 90° on the color wheel. #7cb0a1 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid 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. Acapulco tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#b07c8a) and two others. The Lavender Purple 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 #a17cb0 and #8bb07c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7cb0a1 is made of 27% red, 38% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Acapulco has a hue angle of 162.69°, a saturation of 24.76% and a lightness of 58.82%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7cb0a1 is made of 20.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.88% yellow and 30.98% black ink.

HEX #7cb0a1
RGB Decimal rgb(124,176,161)
RGB Percentage 27%, 38%, 35%
CMYK 20.39, 0, 5.88, 30.98
HSL hsl(162.69,24.76%,58.82%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(162.69,29.55%,69.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(67.9535,-20.4157,2.1793)
XYZ xyz(30.2705,37.909,39.4399)
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