Chitin 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 | #fd9498 |
Complementary Color | #6b0205 |
Color Shade: | warm cyan (177.71° hue) |
Color Temperature: | cool |
Lightness: | 21.37% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Chitin Green Color. The Green Lapis color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Evening Sea (#024e46) for more calm effect. Try Biscay Bay as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6b0205 is the best complementary color to Chitin 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 #026b67 complementary color is Lonestar, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Mosque are #026b32 and #023a6b. Thus found on the left and right of #026b67 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fun Green and Regal Blue colors as they work well with Chitin Green.
The split-complementary Chitin Green palette consists of #6b3202 and #6b023a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6b0205). Try Nutmeg Wood Finish and Tyrian Purple colors in combination with #026b67, 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 #026b67 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 Chitin Green. Thus Olive and Pigment Indigo giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Chitin Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Lonestar, Christalle, and Verdun Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #026b67 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Chitin Green tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#6b0205) and two others. The Pigment Indigo is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Japanese Laurel – 120° from the complementary Lonestar. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #67026b and #056b02.
In a RGB color space, hex #026b67 is made of 1% red, 50% green and 49% blue. In a HSL mode Chitin Green has a hue angle of 177.71°, a saturation of 96.33% and a lightness of 21.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #026b67 is made of 41.18% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.57% yellow and 58.04% black ink.
HEX | #026b67 |
RGB Decimal | rgb(2,107,103) |
RGB Percentage | 1%, 50%, 49% |
CMYK | 41.18, 0, 1.57, 58.04 |
HSL | hsl(177.71,96.33%,21.37%) |
HSV (or HSB) | hsv(177.71,98.13%,41.96%) |
CIE-LAB | lab(40.4225,-26.5628,-5.1937) |
XYZ | xyz(7.7309,11.5076,14.6457) |