Garden Cucumber Color

#506a48

Garden Cucumber is pale, warm-toned shade of warm green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool magenta, warm red or cool blue

Inverse Color #af95b7
Complementary Color #614869
Color Shade: warm green (105.88° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 34.9% (better contrasting with white)
Garden Cucumber Color Sample
Garden Cucumber Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #506a48

If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Garden Cucumber Color. The Rambling Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Castellan Green (#455440) for more calm effect. Try Glade Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#614869 is the best complementary color to Garden Cucumber. Cool magenta shades generally complement the warm green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #506a48 complementary color is Mulled Wine, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool yellow, warm green, and cool green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Axolotl are #606948 and #486951. Thus found on the left and right of #506a48 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Finch and Axolotl colors as they work well with Garden Cucumber.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Garden Cucumber palette consists of #694860 and #514869 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#614869). Try Eggplant and Mulled Wine colors in combination with #506a48, 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 #506a48 offers a combination of cool red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Garden Cucumber. Thus Ferra and Fiord giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Garden Cucumber contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mulled Wine, Blue Bayoux, and Ferra split by 90° on the color wheel. #506a48 square combo is a palette of warm green, mid cyan, cool magenta and warm red 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. Garden Cucumber tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#614869) and two others. The Fiord is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Go Ben – 120° from the complementary Mulled Wine. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #485069 and #696148.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #506a48 is made of 31% red, 41% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Garden Cucumber has a hue angle of 105.88°, a saturation of 19.1% and a lightness of 34.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #506a48 is made of 10.2% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.33% yellow and 58.43% black ink.

HEX #506a48
RGB Decimal rgb(80,106,72)
RGB Percentage 31%, 41%, 28%
CMYK 10.2, 0, 13.33, 58.43
HSL hsl(105.88,19.1%,34.9%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(105.88,32.08%,41.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(41.9713,-16.7651,16.0705)
XYZ xyz(9.632,12.4814,8.0324)
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