Plantation Color

#3e594c

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

Inverse Color #c1a6b3
Complementary Color #593d4b
Color Shade: green cyan (151.11° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 29.61% (better contrasting with white)
Plantation Color Sample
Plantation Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #3e594c

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Plantation Color. The Bridgewater 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 soft alternative called High Tea Green (#567063) for more calm effect. Try Palmerin as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#593d4b is the best complementary color to Plantation. Warm magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #3e594c complementary color is Eggplant, 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 Mineral Green are #3d593e and #3d5859. Thus found on the left and right of #3e594c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Tom Thumb and Mineral Green colors as they work well with Plantation.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Plantation palette consists of #593e3d and #593d58 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#593d4b). Try Congo Brown and Eggplant colors in combination with #3e594c, 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 #3e594c offers a combination of orange and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Plantation. Thus Kabul and Mulled Wine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Plantation contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Eggplant, Gun Powder, and Hemlock split by 90° on the color wheel. #3e594c square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, warm 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. Plantation tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#593d4b) and two others. The Mulled Wine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tom Thumb – 120° from the complementary Eggplant. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #4b3d59 and #4b593d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #3e594c is made of 27% red, 39% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Plantation has a hue angle of 151.11°, a saturation of 17.88% and a lightness of 29.61%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #3e594c is made of 10.59% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.1% yellow and 65.1% black ink.

HEX #3e594c
RGB Decimal rgb(62,89,76)
RGB Percentage 27%, 39%, 33%
CMYK 10.59, 0, 5.1, 65.1
HSL hsl(151.11,17.88%,29.61%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(151.11,30.34%,34.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(35.3818,-13.2614,4.2909)
XYZ xyz(6.8635,8.6907,8.1532)
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