Enamel Antique Green Color

#427f85

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

Inverse Color #bd807a
Complementary Color #854842
Color Shade: mid cyan (185.37° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 39.02% (better contrasting with white)
Enamel Antique Green Color Sample
Enamel Antique Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #427f85

If you're looking for a similar mid cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Enamel Antique Green Color. The Mammoth Mountain color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Teal Mosaic (#406976) for more calm effect. Try Aquarius Reef Base as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#854842 is the best complementary color to Enamel Antique Green. Mid red shades generally complement the mid cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #427f85 complementary color is Spicy Mix, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of green cyan, mid cyan, and blue cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Faded Jade are #428569 and #425d85. Thus found on the left and right of #427f85 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Viridian and East Bay colors as they work well with Enamel Antique Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Enamel Antique Green palette consists of #856942 and #85425d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#854842). Try Spicy Mix and Cannon Pink colors in combination with #427f85, 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 #427f85 offers a combination of mid yellow and mid magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Enamel Antique Green. Thus Sycamore and Cannon Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Enamel Antique Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spicy Mix, Affair, and Fern Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #427f85 square combo is a palette of mid cyan, violet, mid red and yellow green 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. Enamel Antique Green tetradic combo consists of mid red complementary color (#854842) and two others. The Cannon Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Goblin – 120° from the complementary Spicy Mix. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #85427e and #428548.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #427f85 is made of 20% red, 39% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Enamel Antique Green has a hue angle of 185.37°, a saturation of 33.67% and a lightness of 39.02%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #427f85 is made of 26.28% cyan, 2.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.84% black ink.

HEX #427f85
RGB Decimal rgb(66,127,133)
RGB Percentage 20%, 39%, 41%
CMYK 26.28, 2.36, 0, 47.84
HSL hsl(185.37,33.67%,39.02%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(185.37,50.38%,52.16%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.533,-17.9736,-9.3641)
XYZ xyz(14.0698,18.0304,24.929)
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