Hooker's Green Color

#49796b

Hooker's Green is pale, 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 #b68694
Complementary Color #794956
Color Shade: green cyan (162.5° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 38.04% (better contrasting with white)
Hooker's Green Color Sample
Hooker's Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #49796b

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Hooker's Green Color. The Stanford Green 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 soft alternative called Emerson (#3e6058) for more calm effect. Try Puerto Princesa as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#794956 is the best complementary color to Hooker's Green. 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 #49796b complementary color is Ferra, 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 Como are #497953 and #496e79. Thus found on the left and right of #49796b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Hippie Green and Blue Bayoux colors as they work well with Hooker's Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Hooker's Green palette consists of #795249 and #79496e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#794956). Try Roman Coffee and Cannon Pink colors in combination with #49796b, 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 #49796b 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 Hooker's Green. Thus Shadow and Affair giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Hooker's Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Ferra, East Bay, and Dingley split by 90° on the color wheel. #49796b 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. Hooker's Green tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#794956) and two others. The Affair is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Dingley – 120° from the complementary Ferra. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6b4979 and #567949.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #49796b is made of 24% red, 40% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Hooker's Green has a hue angle of 162.5°, a saturation of 24.74% and a lightness of 38.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #49796b is made of 18.82% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.49% yellow and 52.55% black ink.

HEX #49796b
RGB Decimal rgb(73,121,107)
RGB Percentage 24%, 40%, 36%
CMYK 18.82, 0, 5.49, 52.55
HSL hsl(162.5,24.74%,38.04%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(162.5,39.67%,47.45%)
CIE-LAB lab(47.1743,-19.8166,2.5465)
XYZ xyz(12.2389,16.1527,16.3827)
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