Butterfly Green Color

#0b6863

Butterfly 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 #f4979c
Complementary Color #680b10
Color Shade: warm cyan (176.77° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 22.55% (better contrasting with white)
Butterfly Green Color Sample
Butterfly Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #0b6863

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Butterfly Green Color. The Autumn Pine Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Blue Green (#137e6d) for more calm effect. Try Emerald Spring as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#680b10 is the best complementary color to Butterfly 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 #0b6863 complementary color is Dark Tan, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Deep Sea Green are #0b6834 and #0b3e68. Thus found on the left and right of #0b6863 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jewel and Madison colors as they work well with Butterfly Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Butterfly Green palette consists of #68340b and #680b3e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#680b10). Try Cafe Royale and Rose Bud Cherry colors in combination with #0b6863, 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 #0b6863 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 Butterfly Green. Thus Spicy Mustard and Clairvoyant giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Butterfly Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Dark Tan, Violent Violet, and Green Leaf split by 90° on the color wheel. #0b6863 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool yellow 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. Butterfly Green tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#680b10) and two others. The Clairvoyant is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and San Felix – 120° from the complementary Dark Tan. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #620b68 and #10680b.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #0b6863 is made of 5% red, 49% green and 46% blue. In a HSL mode Butterfly Green has a hue angle of 176.77°, a saturation of 80.87% and a lightness of 22.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #0b6863 is made of 36.47% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.96% yellow and 59.22% black ink.

HEX #0b6863
RGB Decimal rgb(11,104,99)
RGB Percentage 5%, 49%, 46%
CMYK 36.47, 0, 1.96, 59.22
HSL hsl(176.77,80.87%,22.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(176.77,89.42%,40.78%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.3651,-25.7153,-4.3115)
XYZ xyz(7.3405,10.8726,13.5161)
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