Forest 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 | #f4aaf6 |
| Complementary Color | #520855 |
| Color Shade: | warm green (118.42° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 18.43% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Forest Color. The Dark Fern color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called British Racing Green (#05480d) for more energetic effect. Try Borg Drone as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#520855 is the best complementary color to Forest. 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 #0b5509 complementary color is Clairvoyant, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool yellow, warm green, and cool green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of San Felix are #315508 and #08552c. Thus found on the left and right of #0b5509 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Leaf and Zuccini colors as they work well with Forest.
The split-complementary Forest palette consists of #550830 and #2d0855 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#520855). Try Mulberry Wood and Violent Violet colors in combination with #0b5509, 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 #0b5509 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 Forest. Thus Mahogany and Gulf Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Forest contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Clairvoyant, Tarawera, and Bracken split by 90° on the color wheel. #0b5509 square combo is a palette of warm green, cool cyan, cool magenta and warm red shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Forest tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#520855) and two others. The Gulf Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bronze Olive – 120° from the complementary Clairvoyant. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #080b55 and #555208.
In a RGB color space, hex #0b5509 is made of 10% red, 81% green and 9% blue. In a HSL mode Forest has a hue angle of 118.42°, a saturation of 80.85% and a lightness of 18.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0b5509 is made of 29.02% cyan, 0% magenta, 29.8% yellow and 66.67% black ink.
| HEX | #0b5509 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(11,85,9) |
| RGB Percentage | 10%, 81%, 9% |
| CMYK | 29.02, 0, 29.8, 66.67 |
| HSL | hsl(118.42,80.85%,18.43%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(118.42,89.41%,33.33%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(30.8496,-36.6149,34.4972) |
| XYZ | xyz(3.4358,6.5879,1.3489) |