Heavy Black Green Color

#3a514d

Heavy Black 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 #c5aeb2
Complementary Color #51393d
Color Shade: warm cyan (169.57° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 27.25% (better contrasting with white)
Heavy Black Green Color Sample
Heavy Black Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3a514d

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Heavy Black Green Color. The Green Beret color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Tetsuonando Black (#2b3736) for more calm effect. Try Pond Newt as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#51393d is the best complementary color to Heavy Black 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 #3a514d complementary color is Matterhorn, 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 Mineral Green are #395141 and #394951. Thus found on the left and right of #3a514d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tom Thumb and Limed Spruce colors as they work well with Heavy Black Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Heavy Black Green palette consists of #514139 and #513949 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#51393d). Try Rock and Matterhorn colors in combination with #3a514d, 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 #3a514d 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 Heavy Black Green. Thus Kelp and Voodoo giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Heavy Black Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Matterhorn, Gun Powder, and Kelp split by 90° on the color wheel. #3a514d 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. Heavy Black Green tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#51393d) and two others. The Voodoo is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tom Thumb – 120° from the complementary Matterhorn. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4c3951 and #3d5139.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3a514d is made of 27% red, 38% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Heavy Black Green has a hue angle of 169.57°, a saturation of 16.55% and a lightness of 27.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3a514d is made of 9.01% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.56% yellow and 68.24% black ink.

HEX #3a514d
RGB Decimal rgb(58,81,77)
RGB Percentage 27%, 38%, 36%
CMYK 9.01, 0, 1.56, 68.24
HSL hsl(169.57,16.55%,27.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(169.57,28.4%,31.76%)
CIE-LAB lab(32.5251,-9.7765,-0.5077)
XYZ xyz(6.0269,7.3202,8.1165)
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