Marooned Color

#86cdab

Marooned 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 #793254
Complementary Color #cd86a8
Color Shade: green cyan (151.27° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 66.47% (better contrasting with white)
Marooned Color Sample
Marooned Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #86cdab

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Marooned Color. The Mint Twist color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Katydid (#66bc91) for more calm effect. Try Young Bamboo as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#cd86a8 is the best complementary color to Marooned. 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 #86cdab complementary color is Viola, 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 Vista Blue are #86cd87 and #86cbcd. Thus found on the left and right of #86cdab on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching De York and Half Baked colors as they work well with Marooned.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Marooned palette consists of #cd8786 and #cd86cb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#cd86a8). Try Puce and Viola colors in combination with #86cdab, 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 #86cdab 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 Marooned. Thus Tan and East Side giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Marooned contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Viola, Blue Bell, and Pine Glade split by 90° on the color wheel. #86cdab 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. Marooned tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#cd86a8) and two others. The East Side is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pine Glade – 120° from the complementary Viola. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ab86cd and #a8cd86.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #86cdab is made of 26% red, 40% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Marooned has a hue angle of 151.27°, a saturation of 41.52% and a lightness of 66.47%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #86cdab is made of 27.84% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.33% yellow and 19.61% black ink.

HEX #86cdab
RGB Decimal rgb(134,205,171)
RGB Percentage 26%, 40%, 34%
CMYK 27.84, 0, 13.33, 19.61
HSL hsl(151.27,41.52%,66.47%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(151.27,34.63%,80.39%)
CIE-LAB lab(77.0838,-29.635,9.9359)
XYZ xyz(39.0135,51.6712,46.4454)
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