Spruce is soft, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet
| Inverse Color | #f5a0c7 |
| Complementary Color | #5f0930 |
| Color Shade: | green cyan (152.47° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 20.59% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Spruce Color. The Green Velvet color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Alaskan Moss (#05472a) for more energetic effect. Try Greasy Greens as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#5f0930 is the best complementary color to Spruce. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #0a5f38 complementary color is Mulberry Wood, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Jewel are #095f0d and #095b5f. Thus found on the left and right of #0a5f38 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching San Felix and Deep Sea Green colors as they work well with Spruce.
The split-complementary Spruce palette consists of #5f0d09 and #5f095b colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#5f0930). Try Mahogany and Mulberry Wood colors in combination with #0a5f38, 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 #0a5f38 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Spruce. Thus Cafe Royale and Violent Violet giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Spruce contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mulberry Wood, Arapawa, and Spicy Mustard split by 90° on the color wheel. #0a5f38 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Spruce tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#5f0930) and two others. The Violent Violet is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green Leaf – 120° from the complementary Mulberry Wood. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #38095f and #315f09.
In a RGB color space, hex #0a5f38 is made of 6% red, 59% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Spruce has a hue angle of 152.47°, a saturation of 80.95% and a lightness of 20.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0a5f38 is made of 33.33% cyan, 0% magenta, 15.29% yellow and 62.75% black ink.
| HEX | #0a5f38 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(10,95,56) |
| RGB Percentage | 6%, 59%, 35% |
| CMYK | 33.33, 0, 15.29, 62.75 |
| HSL | hsl(152.47,80.95%,20.59%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(152.47,89.47%,37.25%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(35.0721,-33.6544,15.8257) |
| XYZ | xyz(4.9312,8.5345,5.1288) |