British Racing Green Color

#05480d

British Racing Green is soft, warm-toned shade of mid green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid magenta, orange or mid blue

Inverse Color #fab7f2
Complementary Color #48043f
Color Shade: mid green (127.16° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 15.1% (better contrasting with white)
British Racing Green Color Sample
British Racing Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #05480d

If you're looking for a similar mid green shade, there are some better alternatives to British Racing Green Color. The Japanese Laurel color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Forest (#0b5509) for more calm effect. Try Deep Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#48043f is the best complementary color to British Racing Green. Mid magenta shades generally complement the mid green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #05480d complementary color is Mulberry Wood, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of yellow green, mid green, and green cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Zuccini are #1e4804 and #04482e. Thus found on the left and right of #05480d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching San Felix and Zuccini colors as they work well with British Racing Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary British Racing Green palette consists of #48041e and #2e0448 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#48043f). Try Rustic Red and Cherry Pie colors in combination with #05480d, 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 #05480d offers a combination of mid red and mid blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the British Racing Green. Thus Rustic Red and Deep Cove giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of British Racing Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mulberry Wood, Tangaroa, and Deep Bronze split by 90° on the color wheel. #05480d square combo is a palette of mid green, blue cyan, mid magenta and orange 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. British Racing Green tetradic combo consists of mid magenta complementary color (#48043f) and two others. The Deep Cove is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Madras – 120° from the complementary Mulberry Wood. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #0c0448 and #3f4804.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #05480d is made of 6% red, 80% green and 14% blue. In a HSL mode British Racing Green has a hue angle of 127.16°, a saturation of 87.01% and a lightness of 15.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #05480d is made of 26.28% cyan, 0% magenta, 23.14% yellow and 71.76% black ink.

HEX #05480d
RGB Decimal rgb(5,72,13)
RGB Percentage 6%, 80%, 14%
CMYK 26.28, 0, 23.14, 71.76
HSL hsl(127.16,87.01%,15.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(127.16,93.06%,28.24%)
CIE-LAB lab(25.8507,-32.639,28.1747)
XYZ xyz(2.4526,4.6961,1.1579)
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