Green Pea 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 | #d99dbd |
| Complementary Color | #612646 |
| Color Shade: | cool green (148° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 26.67% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Green Pea Color. The Amazon color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Canadian Pine (#2e7b52) for more energetic effect. Try Amazon as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#612646 is the best complementary color to Green Pea. 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 #266242 complementary color is Tawny Port, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Green Pea are #286126 and #266160. Thus found on the left and right of #266242 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Everglade and Casal colors as they work well with Green Pea.
The split-complementary Green Pea palette consists of #612627 and #5f2661 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#612646). Try Irish Coffee and Bossanova colors in combination with #266242, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #266242 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 Green Pea. Thus Irish Coffee and Jacarta giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Green Pea contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tawny Port, Cloud Burst, and Costa Del Sol split by 90° on the color wheel. #266242 square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and warm yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Green Pea tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#612646) and two others. The Jacarta is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Woodland – 120° from the complementary Tawny Port. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #412661 and #466126.
In a RGB color space, hex #266242 is made of 19% red, 49% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Green Pea has a hue angle of 148°, a saturation of 44.12% and a lightness of 26.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #266242 is made of 23.53% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.55% yellow and 61.57% black ink.
| HEX | #266242 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(38,98,66) |
| RGB Percentage | 19%, 49%, 33% |
| CMYK | 23.53, 0, 12.55, 61.57 |
| HSL | hsl(148,44.12%,26.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(148,61.22%,38.43%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(37.0053,-27.7355,12.541) |
| XYZ | xyz(6.1504,9.5408,6.6717) |