Geneva Green Color

#1f7f76

Geneva Green is calm, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #e08089
Complementary Color #7f1e27
Color Shade: warm cyan (174.38° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 30.98% (better contrasting with white)
Geneva Green Color Sample
Geneva Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #1f7f76

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Geneva Green Color. The Peacock Plume color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Eucalyptus Green (#1e675a) for more calm effect. Try Forest Rain as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7f1e27 is the best complementary color to Geneva Green. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #1f7f76 complementary color is Crown of Thorns, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Elm are #1e7f46 and #1e577f. Thus found on the left and right of #1f7f76 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Eucalyptus and Blumine colors as they work well with Geneva Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Geneva Green palette consists of #7f461e and #7f1e58 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7f1e27). Try Bull Shot and Disco colors in combination with #1f7f76, 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 #1f7f76 offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Geneva Green. Thus Pacifika and Seance giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Geneva Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Crown of Thorns, Meteorite, and Olive Drab split by 90° on the color wheel. #1f7f76 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool 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. Geneva Green tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#7f1e27) and two others. The Seance is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Forest Green – 120° from the complementary Crown of Thorns. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #761e7f and #277f1e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #1f7f76 is made of 11% red, 46% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Geneva Green has a hue angle of 174.38°, a saturation of 60.76% and a lightness of 30.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #1f7f76 is made of 37.64% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.53% yellow and 50.2% black ink.

HEX #1f7f76
RGB Decimal rgb(31,127,118)
RGB Percentage 11%, 46%, 43%
CMYK 37.64, 0, 3.53, 50.2
HSL hsl(174.38,60.76%,30.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(174.38,75.59%,49.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.9792,-29.0155,-2.9543)
XYZ xyz(11.4245,16.7781,19.7759)
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