Urban Green Color

#005042

Urban Green is calm, 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 #ffafbd
Complementary Color #50000e
Color Shade: warm cyan (169.5° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 15.69% (better contrasting with white)
Urban Green Color Sample
Urban Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #005042

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Urban Green Color. The Deep Teal color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Shady Glade (#006e5b) for more calm effect. Try Device Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#50000e is the best complementary color to Urban 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 #005042 complementary color is Castro, 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 Aqua Deep are #00501a and #003550. Thus found on the left and right of #005042 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Camarone and Prussian Blue colors as they work well with Urban Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Urban Green palette consists of #501a00 and #500035 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#50000e). Try Indian Tan and Blackberry colors in combination with #005042, 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 #005042 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 Urban Green. Thus Saddle Brown and Ripe Plum giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Urban Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Castro, Tolopea, and Verdun Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #005042 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. Urban Green tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#50000e) and two others. The Ripe Plum is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Crusoe – 120° from the complementary Castro. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #410050 and #0d5000.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #005042 is made of 0% red, 55% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Urban Green has a hue angle of 169.5°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 15.69%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #005042 is made of 31.37% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.49% yellow and 68.63% black ink.

HEX #005042
RGB Decimal rgb(0,80,66)
RGB Percentage 0%, 55%, 45%
CMYK 31.37, 0, 5.49, 68.63
HSL hsl(169.5,100%,15.69%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(169.5,100%,31.37%)
CIE-LAB lab(29.7398,-25.408,2.1894)
XYZ xyz(3.852,6.1307,6.1346)
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