Shamrock Color

#009e60

Shamrock 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 #ff619f
Complementary Color #9e003e
Color Shade: green cyan (156.46° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 30.98% (better contrasting with white)
Shamrock Color Sample
Shamrock Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #009e60

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Shamrock Color. The Philippine Green 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 Veritably Verdant (#00844b) for more calm effect. Try Chromophobia Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9e003e is the best complementary color to Shamrock. 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 #009e60 complementary color is Paprika, 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 #009e11 and #008d9e. Thus found on the left and right of #009e60 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Japanese Laurel and Deep Cerulean colors as they work well with Shamrock.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Shamrock palette consists of #9e1000 and #9e008d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9e003e). Try Sangria and Flirt colors in combination with #009e60, 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 #009e60 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 Shamrock. Thus Chelsea Gem and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Shamrock contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Paprika, Navy Blue, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #009e60 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. Shamrock tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#9e003e) and two others. The Purple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Limeade – 120° from the complementary Paprika. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5f009e and #3d9e00.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #009e60 is made of 0% red, 62% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Shamrock has a hue angle of 156.46°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 30.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #009e60 is made of 61.96% cyan, 0% magenta, 24.31% yellow and 38.04% black ink.

HEX #009e60
RGB Decimal rgb(0,158,96)
RGB Percentage 0%, 62%, 38%
CMYK 61.96, 0, 24.31, 38.04
HSL hsl(156.46,100%,30.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(156.46,100%,61.96%)
CIE-LAB lab(57.3649,-50.0603,22.7548)
XYZ xyz(14.3382,25.2982,15.1937)
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