Dark Fern Color

#0a480d

Dark Fern 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 #f5b7f2
Complementary Color #480944
Color Shade: mid green (122.9° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 16.08% (better contrasting with white)
Dark Fern Color Sample
Dark Fern Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0a480d

If you're looking for a similar mid green shade, there are some better alternatives to Dark Fern Color. The Borg Drone color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Avagddu Green (#106b21) for more calm effect. Try Hunter Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#480944 is the best complementary color to Dark Fern. 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 #0a480d complementary color is Loulou, 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 Dark Fern are #264809 and #09482b. Thus found on the left and right of #0a480d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green House and Bottle Green colors as they work well with Dark Fern.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Dark Fern palette consists of #480926 and #2b0948 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#480944). Try Cab Sav and Violet colors in combination with #0a480d, 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 #0a480d 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 Dark Fern. Thus Cab Sav and Deep Cove giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Dark Fern contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Loulou, Downriver, and Bronze split by 90° on the color wheel. #0a480d 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. Dark Fern tetradic combo consists of mid magenta complementary color (#480944) and two others. The Deep Cove is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bronze Olive – 120° from the complementary Loulou. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #0c0948 and #444809.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0a480d is made of 11% red, 76% green and 14% blue. In a HSL mode Dark Fern has a hue angle of 122.9°, a saturation of 75.61% and a lightness of 16.08%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0a480d is made of 24.32% cyan, 0% magenta, 23.14% yellow and 71.76% black ink.

HEX #0a480d
RGB Decimal rgb(10,72,13)
RGB Percentage 11%, 76%, 14%
CMYK 24.32, 0, 23.14, 71.76
HSL hsl(122.9,75.61%,16.08%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(122.9,86.11%,28.24%)
CIE-LAB lab(25.9463,-31.8049,28.3025)
XYZ xyz(2.5152,4.7283,1.1609)
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