Rainforest Color

#009a70

Rainforest is soft, 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 #ff658f
Complementary Color #9a002a
Color Shade: green cyan (163.64° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 30.2% (better contrasting with white)
Rainforest Color Sample
Rainforest Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #009a70

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Rainforest Color. The Summer Turquoise 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 Deep Sea (#01826b) for more calm effect. Try Spanish Viridian as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9a002a is the best complementary color to Rainforest. 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 #009a70 complementary color is Burgundy, 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 Green Haze are #009a23 and #00769a. Thus found on the left and right of #009a70 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fun Green and Allports colors as they work well with Rainforest.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Rainforest palette consists of #9a2300 and #9a0076 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9a002a). Try Totem Pole and Flirt colors in combination with #009a70, 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 #009a70 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 Rainforest. Thus Chelsea Gem and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Rainforest contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Burgundy, Navy Blue, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #009a70 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. Rainforest tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#9a002a) and two others. The Purple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Limeade – 120° from the complementary Burgundy. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6f009a and #299a00.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #009a70 is made of 0% red, 58% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Rainforest has a hue angle of 163.64°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 30.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #009a70 is made of 60.39% cyan, 0% magenta, 16.47% yellow and 39.61% black ink.

HEX #009a70
RGB Decimal rgb(0,154,112)
RGB Percentage 0%, 58%, 42%
CMYK 60.39, 0, 16.47, 39.61
HSL hsl(163.64,100%,30.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(163.64,100%,60.39%)
CIE-LAB lab(56.3681,-44.8877,12.5171)
XYZ xyz(14.4802,24.2811,19.2528)
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