Cal Poly Pomona Green Color

#1e4d2b

Cal Poly Pomona Green is calm, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, warm yellow or warm blue

Inverse Color #e1b2d4
Complementary Color #4c1e3f
Color Shade: cool green (136.6° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 20.98% (better contrasting with white)
Cal Poly Pomona Green Color Sample
Cal Poly Pomona Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #1e4d2b

If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Cal Poly Pomona Green Color. The Deep Fir color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Genever Green (#33673f) for more calm effect. Try Thousand Years Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#4c1e3f is the best complementary color to Cal Poly Pomona Green. Warm magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #1e4d2b complementary color is Wine Berry, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Everglade are #284c1e and #1e4c42. Thus found on the left and right of #1e4d2b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mallard and Te Papa Green colors as they work well with Cal Poly Pomona Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Cal Poly Pomona Green palette consists of #4c1e28 and #421e4c colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#4c1e3f). Try Cocoa Bean and Grape colors in combination with #1e4d2b, 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 #1e4d2b offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Cal Poly Pomona Green. Thus Cocoa Bean and Port Gore giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Cal Poly Pomona Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Wine Berry, Cloud Burst, and Metallic Bronze split by 90° on the color wheel. #1e4d2b square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and warm 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. Cal Poly Pomona Green tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#4c1e3f) and two others. The Port Gore is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Thatch Green – 120° from the complementary Wine Berry. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2b1e4c and #3f4c1e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #1e4d2b is made of 20% red, 51% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Cal Poly Pomona Green has a hue angle of 136.6°, a saturation of 43.93% and a lightness of 20.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #1e4d2b is made of 18.44% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.34% yellow and 69.8% black ink.

HEX #1e4d2b
RGB Decimal rgb(30,77,43)
RGB Percentage 20%, 51%, 29%
CMYK 18.44, 0, 13.34, 69.8
HSL hsl(136.6,43.93%,20.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(136.6,61.04%,30.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(28.794,-24.7688,15.4733)
XYZ xyz(3.6253,5.7582,3.2059)
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