Plantain Green Color

#356554

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

Inverse Color #ca9aab
Complementary Color #653446
Color Shade: green cyan (158.75° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 30.2% (better contrasting with white)
Plantain Green Color Sample
Plantain Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #356554

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Plantain Green Color. The Double Jeopardy color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Liquid Green Stuff (#3b7a5f) for more energetic effect. Try Blackboard Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#653446 is the best complementary color to Plantain Green. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #356554 complementary color is Buccaneer, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Stromboli are #34653c and #345d65. Thus found on the left and right of #356554 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Killarney and William colors as they work well with Plantain Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Plantain Green palette consists of #653c34 and #65345d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#653446). Try Buccaneer and Cosmic colors in combination with #356554, 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 #356554 offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Plantain Green. Thus Costa Del Sol and Bossanova giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Plantain Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Buccaneer, Rhino, and Costa Del Sol split by 90° on the color wheel. #356554 square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid 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. Plantain Green tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#653446) and two others. The Bossanova is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Chalet Green – 120° from the complementary Buccaneer. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #533465 and #456534.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #356554 is made of 22% red, 42% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Plantain Green has a hue angle of 158.75°, a saturation of 31.17% and a lightness of 30.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #356554 is made of 18.83% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.67% yellow and 60.39% black ink.

HEX #356554
RGB Decimal rgb(53,101,84)
RGB Percentage 22%, 42%, 35%
CMYK 18.83, 0, 6.67, 60.39
HSL hsl(158.75,31.17%,30.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(158.75,47.52%,39.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(39.078,-20.8495,4.5866)
XYZ xyz(7.7221,10.7043,10.0467)
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