Bitter Liquorice Color

#262926

Bitter Liquorice is pale, warm-toned shade of warm green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool magenta, warm red or cool blue

Inverse Color #d9d6d9
Complementary Color #292629
Color Shade: warm green (120° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 15.49% (better contrasting with white)
Bitter Liquorice Color Sample
Bitter Liquorice Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #262926

If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Bitter Liquorice Color. The Melanite Black Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Aimiru Brown (#2e372e) for more energetic effect. Try Limousine Leather as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#292629 is the best complementary color to Bitter Liquorice. Cool magenta shades generally complement the warm green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #262926 complementary color is Thunder, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of yellow green, warm green, and cool green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Heavy Metal are #272926 and #262927. Thus found on the left and right of #262926 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Heavy Metal and Heavy Metal colors as they work well with Bitter Liquorice.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Bitter Liquorice palette consists of #292627 and #272629 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#292629). Try Mine Shaft and Baltic Sea colors in combination with #262926, 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 #262926 offers a combination of mid red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Bitter Liquorice. Thus Mine Shaft and Shark giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Bitter Liquorice contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Thunder, Shark, and Dune split by 90° on the color wheel. #262926 square combo is a palette of warm green, blue cyan, cool magenta and warm red 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. Bitter Liquorice tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#292629) and two others. The Shark is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tuatara – 120° from the complementary Thunder. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #262629 and #292926.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #262926 is made of 32% red, 35% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Bitter Liquorice has a hue angle of 120°, a saturation of 3.8% and a lightness of 15.49%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #262926 is made of 1.18% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.18% yellow and 83.92% black ink.

HEX #262926
RGB Decimal rgb(38,41,38)
RGB Percentage 32%, 35%, 32%
CMYK 1.18, 0, 1.18, 83.92
HSL hsl(120,3.8%,15.49%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(120,7.32%,16.08%)
CIE-LAB lab(16.1948,-2.0769,1.501)
XYZ xyz(1.9421,2.1379,2.144)
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