Green Velvet Color

#127453

Green Velvet is calm, 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 #ed8bac
Complementary Color #741232
Color Shade: green cyan (159.8° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 26.27% (better contrasting with white)
Green Velvet Color Sample
Green Velvet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #127453

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Green Velvet Color. The Fun Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Primal Green (#11875d) for more energetic effect. Try Tropical Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#741232 is the best complementary color to Green Velvet. 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 #127453 complementary color is Claret, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

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 #127422 and #126374. Thus found on the left and right of #127453 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Jewel and Genoa colors as they work well with Green Velvet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Green Velvet palette consists of #742212 and #741263 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#741232). Try Pueblo and Disco colors in combination with #127453, 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 #127453 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 Green Velvet. Thus Raw Umber and Persian Indigo giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Green Velvet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Claret, Deep Koamaru, and Olivetone split by 90° on the color wheel. #127453 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid 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. Green Velvet tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#741232) and two others. The Persian Indigo is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bilbao – 120° from the complementary Claret. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #531274 and #337412.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #127453 is made of 8% red, 53% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode Green Velvet has a hue angle of 159.8°, a saturation of 73.13% and a lightness of 26.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #127453 is made of 38.43% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.94% yellow and 54.51% black ink.

HEX #127453
RGB Decimal rgb(18,116,83)
RGB Percentage 8%, 53%, 38%
CMYK 38.43, 0, 12.94, 54.51
HSL hsl(159.8,73.13%,26.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(159.8,84.48%,45.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(43.1285,-35.2298,10.7716)
XYZ xyz(8.0562,13.2439,10.3153)
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