Medium Green Color

#3c824e

Medium Green is calm, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, orange or mid blue

Inverse Color #c37db1
Complementary Color #823c6f
Color Shade: cool green (135.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 37.25% (better contrasting with white)
Medium Green Color Sample
Medium Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3c824e

If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Medium Green Color. The Greenbrier color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Solitary Tree (#539b6a) for more calm effect. Try Clover Patch as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#823c6f is the best complementary color to Medium Green. Warm magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3c824e complementary color is Cannon Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Goblin are #4d823c and #3c8271. Thus found on the left and right of #3c824e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fern Green and Viridian colors as they work well with Medium Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Medium Green palette consists of #823c4d and #713c82 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#823c6f). Try Lotus and Affair colors in combination with #3c824e, 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 #3c824e offers a combination of mid red and mid blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Medium Green. Thus Ironstone and Victoria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Medium Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cannon Pink, East Bay, and Yellow Metal split by 90° on the color wheel. #3c824e square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and orange 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. Medium Green tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#823c6f) and two others. The Victoria is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Pesto – 120° from the complementary Cannon Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4d3c82 and #70823c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3c824e is made of 22% red, 49% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Medium Green has a hue angle of 135.43°, a saturation of 36.84% and a lightness of 37.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3c824e is made of 27.45% cyan, 0% magenta, 20.39% yellow and 49.02% black ink.

HEX #3c824e
RGB Decimal rgb(60,130,78)
RGB Percentage 22%, 49%, 29%
CMYK 27.45, 0, 20.39, 49.02
HSL hsl(135.43,36.84%,37.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(135.43,53.85%,50.98%)
CIE-LAB lab(48.8543,-34.2592,21.6139)
XYZ xyz(11.2213,17.476,9.9895)
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