Kale Green is pale, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, orange or warm blue
| Inverse Color | #b095a9 |
| Complementary Color | #6a4f63 |
| Color Shade: | cool green (135.56° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 36.27% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Kale Green Color. The Alpine Trail color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Evergreen Bough (#535c55) for more calm effect. Try Garden Greenery as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#6a4f63 is the best complementary color to Kale 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 #4f6a56 complementary color is Eggplant, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and green cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Finlandia are #556a4f and #4f6a63. Thus found on the left and right of #4f6a56 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Axolotl and Cutty Sark colors as they work well with Kale Green.
The split-complementary Kale Green palette consists of #6a4f55 and #634f6a colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6a4f63). Try Ferra and Salt Box colors in combination with #4f6a56, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #4f6a56 offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Kale Green. Thus Pine Cone and Mulled Wine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Kale Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Eggplant, Comet, and Soya Bean split by 90° on the color wheel. #4f6a56 square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and orange shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Kale Green tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#6a4f63) and two others. The Mulled Wine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Siam – 120° from the complementary Eggplant. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #564f6a and #636a4f.
In a RGB color space, hex #4f6a56 is made of 29% red, 39% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Kale Green has a hue angle of 135.56°, a saturation of 14.59% and a lightness of 36.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #4f6a56 is made of 10.59% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.84% yellow and 58.43% black ink.
| HEX | #4f6a56 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(79,106,86) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 39%, 32% |
| CMYK | 10.59, 0, 7.84, 58.43 |
| HSL | hsl(135.56,14.59%,36.27%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(135.56,25.47%,41.57%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(42.2191,-14.4449,8.0436) |
| XYZ | xyz(10.0582,12.6422,10.7142) |