Racing Green Color

#014600

Racing Green is deep, warm-toned shade of warm green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool magenta, warm red or cool blue

Inverse Color #feb9ff
Complementary Color #440046
Color Shade: warm green (119.14° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 13.73% (better contrasting with white)
Racing Green Color Sample
Racing Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #014600

If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Racing Green Color. The Deep Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Serpentine Shadow (#003300) for more calm effect. Try PCB Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#440046 is the best complementary color to Racing Green. Cool magenta shades generally complement the warm green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #014600 complementary color is Ripe Plum, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool yellow, warm green, and cool green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Crusoe are #244600 and #004622. Thus found on the left and right of #014600 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Verdun Green and Kaitoke Green colors as they work well with Racing Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Racing Green palette consists of #460024 and #210046 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#440046). Try Toledo and Tolopea colors in combination with #014600, 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 #014600 offers a combination of cool red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Racing Green. Thus Temptress and Stratos giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Racing Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ripe Plum, Prussian Blue, and Morocco Brown split by 90° on the color wheel. #014600 square combo is a palette of warm green, cool cyan, cool magenta and warm red 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. Racing Green tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#440046) and two others. The Stratos is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Verdun Green – 120° from the complementary Ripe Plum. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #000046 and #464500.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #014600 is made of 1% red, 99% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Racing Green has a hue angle of 119.14°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 13.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #014600 is made of 27.06% cyan, 0% magenta, 27.45% yellow and 72.55% black ink.

HEX #014600
RGB Decimal rgb(1,70,0)
RGB Percentage 1%, 99%, 0%
CMYK 27.06, 0, 27.45, 72.55
HSL hsl(119.14,100%,13.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(119.14,100%,27.45%)
CIE-LAB lab(24.911,-33.7881,32.4993)
XYZ xyz(2.2027,4.3868,0.7306)
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