Scouring Rush Color

#3b7960

Scouring Rush is calm, 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 #c4869f
Complementary Color #793a53
Color Shade: green cyan (155.81° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 35.29% (better contrasting with white)
Scouring Rush Color Sample
Scouring Rush Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3b7960

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Scouring Rush Color. The Green Weed color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Green Pea (#266242) for more energetic effect. Try Evening Sea as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#793a53 is the best complementary color to Scouring Rush. 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 #3b7960 complementary color is Cosmic, 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 Amazon are #3a7941 and #3a7279. Thus found on the left and right of #3b7960 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Goblin and Oracle colors as they work well with Scouring Rush.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Scouring Rush palette consists of #79413a and #793a72 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#793a53). Try Lotus and Cosmic colors in combination with #3b7960, 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 #3b7960 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 Scouring Rush. Thus Yellow Metal and Affair giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Scouring Rush contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cosmic, East Bay, and Yellow Metal split by 90° on the color wheel. #3b7960 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. Scouring Rush tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#793a53) and two others. The Affair is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Fern Green – 120° from the complementary Cosmic. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5f3a79 and #53793a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3b7960 is made of 21% red, 44% green and 35% blue. In a HSL mode Scouring Rush has a hue angle of 155.81°, a saturation of 34.44% and a lightness of 35.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3b7960 is made of 24.31% cyan, 0% magenta, 9.8% yellow and 52.55% black ink.

HEX #3b7960
RGB Decimal rgb(59,121,96)
RGB Percentage 21%, 44%, 35%
CMYK 24.31, 0, 9.8, 52.55
HSL hsl(155.81,34.44%,35.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(155.81,51.24%,47.45%)
CIE-LAB lab(46.2432,-26.4703,7.6323)
XYZ xyz(10.7523,15.4491,13.4816)
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