Reptilian Green Color

#009e82

Reptilian 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 #ff617d
Complementary Color #9e001b
Color Shade: warm cyan (169.37° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 30.98% (better contrasting with white)
Reptilian Green Color Sample
Reptilian Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #009e82

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Reptilian Green Color. The Mystic Turquoise color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Eyeshadow Turquoise (#008980) for more calm effect. Try Intermezzo as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9e001b is the best complementary color to Reptilian 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 #009e82 complementary color is Carmine, 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 Persian Green are #009e32 and #006b9e. Thus found on the left and right of #009e82 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Haze and Allports colors as they work well with Reptilian Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Reptilian Green palette consists of #9e3200 and #9e006a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9e001b). Try Fire and Flirt colors in combination with #009e82, 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 #009e82 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 Reptilian Green. Thus Olive and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Reptilian Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Carmine, Pigment Indigo, and Limeade split by 90° on the color wheel. #009e82 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. Reptilian Green tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#9e001b) and two others. The Purple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japanese Laurel – 120° from the complementary Carmine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #82009e and #1b9e00.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #009e82 is made of 0% red, 55% green and 45% blue. In a HSL mode Reptilian Green has a hue angle of 169.37°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 30.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #009e82 is made of 61.96% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.98% yellow and 38.04% black ink.

HEX #009e82
RGB Decimal rgb(0,158,130)
RGB Percentage 0%, 55%, 45%
CMYK 61.96, 0, 10.98, 38.04
HSL hsl(169.37,100%,30.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(169.37,100%,61.96%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.0991,-41.8501,4.8116)
XYZ xyz(16.2561,26.0654,25.2934)
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