Celadon Green Color

#2f847c

Celadon Green is pale, 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 #d07b83
Complementary Color #842f36
Color Shade: warm cyan (174.35° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 35.1% (better contrasting with white)
Celadon Green Color Sample
Celadon Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #2f847c

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Celadon Green Color. The North Sea 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 Lakelike (#306f73) for more calm effect. Try Dioptase Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#842f36 is the best complementary color to Celadon 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 #2f847c complementary color is El Salva, 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 Paradiso are #2f8451 and #2f6184. Thus found on the left and right of #2f847c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sea Green and Calypso colors as they work well with Celadon Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Celadon Green palette consists of #84512f and #842f61 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#842f36). Try Mule Fawn and Camelot colors in combination with #2f847c, 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 #2f847c 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 Celadon Green. Thus Pesto and Eminence giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Celadon Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary El Salva, Minsk, and Crete split by 90° on the color wheel. #2f847c 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. Celadon Green tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#842f36) and two others. The Eminence is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sea Green – 120° from the complementary El Salva. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #7c2f84 and #37842f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #2f847c is made of 16% red, 44% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Celadon Green has a hue angle of 174.35°, a saturation of 47.49% and a lightness of 35.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #2f847c is made of 33.33% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.13% yellow and 48.24% black ink.

HEX #2f847c
RGB Decimal rgb(47,132,124)
RGB Percentage 16%, 44%, 41%
CMYK 33.33, 0, 3.13, 48.24
HSL hsl(174.35,47.49%,35.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(174.35,64.39%,51.76%)
CIE-LAB lab(50.1709,-27.1975,-3.2061)
XYZ xyz(13.0616,18.5621,21.9632)
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