Napier Green Color

#2a8000

Napier Green is vibrant, warm-toned shade of yellow green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with violet, mid red or blue cyan

Inverse Color #d57fff
Complementary Color #560080
Color Shade: yellow green (100.31° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 25.1% (better contrasting with white)
Napier Green Color Sample
Napier Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #2a8000

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Napier Green Color. The Gardens Sericourt color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Botanical Beauty (#227700) for more calm effect. Try Tatzelwurm Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#560080 is the best complementary color to Napier Green. Violet shades generally complement the yellow green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #2a8000 complementary color is Pigment Indigo, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid yellow, yellow green, and mid green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Japanese Laurel are #6a8000 and #008016. Thus found on the left and right of #2a8000 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Olive and Fun Green colors as they work well with Napier Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Napier Green palette consists of #80006a and #150080 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#560080). Try Fresh Eggplant and Navy Blue colors in combination with #2a8000, 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 #2a8000 offers a combination of red magenta and blue cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Napier Green. Thus Paprika and Resolution Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Napier Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pigment Indigo, Orient, and Cedar Wood Finish split by 90° on the color wheel. #2a8000 square combo is a palette of yellow green, mid cyan, violet and mid 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. Napier Green tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#560080) and two others. The Resolution Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cinnamon – 120° from the complementary Pigment Indigo. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #002a80 and #805600.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #2a8000 is made of 25% red, 75% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Napier Green has a hue angle of 100.31°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 25.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2a8000 is made of 33.73% cyan, 0% magenta, 50.2% yellow and 49.8% black ink.

HEX #2a8000
RGB Decimal rgb(42,128,0)
RGB Percentage 25%, 75%, 0%
CMYK 33.73, 0, 50.2, 49.8
HSL hsl(100.31,100%,25.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(100.31,100%,50.2%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.8833,-45.9373,50.696)
XYZ xyz(8.674,15.9306,2.6177)
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