English Green Color

#1b4d3f

English Green is pale, 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 #e4b2c0
Complementary Color #4d1a28
Color Shade: green cyan (163.2° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 20.39% (better contrasting with white)
English Green Color Sample
English Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #1b4d3f

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to English Green Color. The Forest Rain color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Brunswick (#236649) for more energetic effect. Try Celtic Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#4d1a28 is the best complementary color to English 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 #1b4d3f complementary color is Wine Berry, 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 Green Pea are #1a4d26 and #1a414d. Thus found on the left and right of #1b4d3f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Everglade and Nile Blue colors as they work well with English Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary English Green palette consists of #4d261a and #4d1a41 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4d1a28). Try Brown Derby and Wine Berry colors in combination with #1b4d3f, 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 #1b4d3f 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 English Green. Thus Metallic Bronze and Grape giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of English Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wine Berry, Valhalla, and Thatch Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #1b4d3f 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. English Green tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#4d1a28) and two others. The Grape is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Seaweed – 120° from the complementary Wine Berry. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3f1a4d and #284d1a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #1b4d3f is made of 16% red, 46% green and 38% blue. In a HSL mode English Green has a hue angle of 163.2°, a saturation of 48.08% and a lightness of 20.39%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #1b4d3f is made of 19.61% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.49% yellow and 69.8% black ink.

HEX #1b4d3f
RGB Decimal rgb(27,77,63)
RGB Percentage 16%, 46%, 38%
CMYK 19.61, 0, 5.49, 69.8
HSL hsl(163.2,48.08%,20.39%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(163.2,64.94%,30.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(29.1579,-20.6837,3.347)
XYZ xyz(4.0031,5.8996,5.6304)
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