Precious Emerald Color

#186e50

Precious Emerald 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 #e791af
Complementary Color #6d1836
Color Shade: green cyan (159.07° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 26.27% (better contrasting with white)
Precious Emerald Color Sample
Precious Emerald Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #186e50

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Precious Emerald Color. The Billiard Table 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 Rousseau Green (#175844) for more calm effect. Try Tropical Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6d1836 is the best complementary color to Precious Emerald. 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 #186e50 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 #186d25 and #18616d. Thus found on the left and right of #186e50 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Parsley and Blumine colors as they work well with Precious Emerald.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Precious Emerald palette consists of #6d2418 and #6d1860 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6d1836). Try Mocha and Disco colors in combination with #186e50, 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 #186e50 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 Precious Emerald. Thus West Coast and Honey Flower giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Precious Emerald contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Claret, Lucky Point, and Himalaya split by 90° on the color wheel. #186e50 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. Precious Emerald tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#6d1836) and two others. The Honey Flower is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dell – 120° from the complementary Claret. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4f186d and #366d18.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #186e50 is made of 11% red, 51% green and 37% blue. In a HSL mode Precious Emerald has a hue angle of 159.07°, a saturation of 64.18% and a lightness of 26.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #186e50 is made of 33.73% cyan, 0% magenta, 11.77% yellow and 56.86% black ink.

HEX #186e50
RGB Decimal rgb(24,110,80)
RGB Percentage 11%, 51%, 37%
CMYK 33.73, 0, 11.77, 56.86
HSL hsl(159.07,64.18%,26.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(159.07,78.18%,43.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.0971,-32.6007,9.7339)
XYZ xyz(7.4006,11.9252,9.5012)
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