Charleston Green Color

#232b2b

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

Inverse Color #dcd4d4
Complementary Color #2b2323
Color Shade: warm cyan (180° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 15.29% (better contrasting with white)
Charleston Green Color Sample
Charleston Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #232b2b

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Charleston Green Color. The Cape Cod color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Bauhaus (#3f4040) for more calm effect. Try Refined Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#2b2323 is the best complementary color to Charleston Green. Mid red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #232b2b complementary color is Thunder, 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 Outer Space are #232b27 and #23272b. Thus found on the left and right of #232b2b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Heavy Metal and Shark colors as they work well with Charleston Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Charleston Green palette consists of #2b2723 and #2b2327 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#2b2323). Try Dune and Thunder colors in combination with #232b2b, 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 #232b2b 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 Charleston Green. Thus Rangitoto and Thunder giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Charleston Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Thunder, Baltic Sea, and Heavy Metal split by 90° on the color wheel. #232b2b square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, mid 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. Charleston Green tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#2b2323) and two others. The Thunder is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Heavy Metal – 120° from the complementary Thunder. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #2b232b and #232b23.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #232b2b is made of 29% red, 36% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Charleston Green has a hue angle of 180°, a saturation of 10.26% and a lightness of 15.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #232b2b is made of 3.13% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 83.14% black ink.

HEX #232b2b
RGB Decimal rgb(35,43,43)
RGB Percentage 29%, 36%, 36%
CMYK 3.13, 0, 0, 83.14
HSL hsl(180,10.26%,15.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(180,18.6%,16.86%)
CIE-LAB lab(16.7941,-3.475,-1.1734)
XYZ xyz(1.9931,2.2595,2.6166)
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