Pistou Green is vibrant, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, warm yellow or warm blue
| Inverse Color | #f4a |
| Complementary Color | #b06 |
| Color Shade: | cool green (147.27° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 36.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Pistou Green Color. The Green Pigment color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Go Green! (#00ab66) for more calm effect. Try Greedo Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#b06 is the best complementary color to Pistou Green. Warm magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #0b5 complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #08bb00 and #00bbb2. Thus found on the left and right of #0b5 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green and Robin's Egg Blue colors as they work well with Pistou Green.
The split-complementary Pistou Green palette consists of #bb0008 and #b200bb colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b06). Try Guardsman Red and Purple colors in combination with #0b5, 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 #0b5 offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pistou Green. Thus White and Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pistou Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Dark Blue, and Buddha Gold split by 90° on the color wheel. #0b5 square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and warm yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pistou Green tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#b06) and two others. The Purple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Limeade – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5400bb and #65bb00.
In a RGB color space, hex #00bb55 is made of 0% red, 69% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Pistou Green has a hue angle of 147.27°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 36.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #00bb55 is made of 73.33% cyan, 0% magenta, 40% yellow and 26.67% black ink.
| HEX | #00bb55 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(0,187,85) |
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 69%, 31% |
| CMYK | 73.33, 0, 40, 26.67 |
| HSL | hsl(147.27,100%,36.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(147.27,100%,73.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.6698,-61.8938,40.2653) |
| XYZ | xyz(19.41,36.1965,14.5579) |