Tide Pools is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet
| Inverse Color | #39272f |
| Complementary Color | #d8c6ce |
| Color Shade: | green cyan (153.33° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 81.18% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Tide Pools Color. The Mist Spirit color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Morning Song (#e4ece9) for more calm effect. Try Icy Bay as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#d8c6ce is the best complementary color to Tide Pools. 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 #c6d8d0 complementary color is Lola, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Conch are #c6d8c7 and #c6d7d8. Thus found on the left and right of #c6d8d0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tasman and Nebula colors as they work well with Tide Pools.
The split-complementary Tide Pools palette consists of #d8c7c6 and #d8c6d7 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d8c6ce). Try Cold Turkey and Maverick colors in combination with #c6d8d0, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #c6d8d0 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 Tide Pools. Thus Swirl and Gray Suit giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Tide Pools contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lola, Ghost, and Moon Mist split by 90° on the color wheel. #c6d8d0 square combo is a palette of green cyan, cool blue, red magenta and mid yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Tide Pools tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#d8c6ce) and two others. The Gray Suit is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pale Leaf – 120° from the complementary Lola. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d0c6d8 and #ced8c6.
In a RGB color space, hex #c6d8d0 is made of 32% red, 35% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Tide Pools has a hue angle of 153.33°, a saturation of 18.75% and a lightness of 81.18%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #c6d8d0 is made of 7.06% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 15.29% black ink.
| HEX | #c6d8d0 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(198,216,208) |
| RGB Percentage | 32%, 35%, 33% |
| CMYK | 7.06, 0, 3.14, 15.29 |
| HSL | hsl(153.33,18.75%,81.18%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(153.33,8.33%,84.71%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.8286,-7.5314,1.8648) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.2297,65.6716,69.2286) |