Mineral Green Color

#506355

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

Inverse Color #af9caa
Complementary Color #634f5e
Color Shade: cool green (135.79° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 35.1% (better contrasting with white)
Mineral Green Color Sample
Mineral Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #506355

If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Mineral Green Color. The Dard Hunter Green color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Olympic Range (#424c44) for more calm effect. Try Carbon Dating as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#634f5e is the best complementary color to Mineral Green. Mid magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #506355 complementary color is Don Juan, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of yellow green, cool green, and green cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Nandor are #54634f and #4f635e. Thus found on the left and right of #506355 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Axolotl and Nandor colors as they work well with Mineral Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Mineral Green palette consists of #634f54 and #5e4f63 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#634f5e). Try Don Juan and Salt Box colors in combination with #506355, 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 #506355 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 Mineral Green. Thus Dorado and Scarpa Flow giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Mineral Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Don Juan, Trout, and Soya Bean split by 90° on the color wheel. #506355 square combo is a palette of cool green, blue cyan, mid magenta and warm 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. Mineral Green tetradic combo consists of mid magenta complementary color (#634f5e) and two others. The Scarpa Flow is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Siam – 120° from the complementary Don Juan. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #544f63 and #5e634f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #506355 is made of 30% red, 38% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Mineral Green has a hue angle of 135.79°, a saturation of 10.61% and a lightness of 35.1%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #506355 is made of 7.45% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.49% yellow and 61.18% black ink.

HEX #506355
RGB Decimal rgb(80,99,85)
RGB Percentage 30%, 38%, 32%
CMYK 7.45, 0, 5.49, 61.18
HSL hsl(135.79,10.61%,35.1%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(135.79,19.19%,38.82%)
CIE-LAB lab(40.0564,-10.3182,5.5893)
XYZ xyz(9.4098,11.285,10.2766)
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