Opal Green Color

#157954

Opal Green 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 #ea86ab
Complementary Color #791539
Color Shade: green cyan (157.8° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 27.84% (better contrasting with white)
Opal Green Color Sample
Opal Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #157954

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Opal Green Color. The Jewel color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Verdant Green (#12674a) for more calm effect. Try Elf Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#791539 is the best complementary color to Opal Green. 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 #157954 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 #157921 and #156c79. Thus found on the left and right of #157954 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bilbao and Genoa colors as they work well with Opal Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Opal Green palette consists of #792115 and #79156c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#791539). Try Pueblo and Disco colors in combination with #157954, 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 #157954 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 Opal Green. Thus Raw Umber and Honey Flower giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Opal Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Claret, Deep Koamaru, and Olivetone split by 90° on the color wheel. #157954 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. Opal Green tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#791539) and two others. The Honey Flower 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 #531579 and #397915.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #157954 is made of 9% red, 54% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Opal Green has a hue angle of 157.8°, a saturation of 70.42% and a lightness of 27.84%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #157954 is made of 39.21% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.51% yellow and 52.55% black ink.

HEX #157954
RGB Decimal rgb(21,121,84)
RGB Percentage 9%, 54%, 37%
CMYK 39.21, 0, 14.51, 52.55
HSL hsl(157.8,70.42%,27.84%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(157.8,82.64%,47.45%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.9055,-36.7842,12.6577)
XYZ xyz(8.7469,14.4743,10.7203)
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