Green Beret Color

#516a62

Green Beret 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 #ae959d
Complementary Color #6a5159
Color Shade: green cyan (160.8° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 36.67% (better contrasting with white)
Green Beret Color Sample
Green Beret Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #516a62

If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Green Beret Color. The Park Bench color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Dusk Green (#6e7a77) for more calm effect. Try Blackberry Leaf Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#6a5159 is the best complementary color to Green Beret. 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 #516a62 complementary color is Zambezi, 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 Nandor are #516a55 and #51656a. Thus found on the left and right of #516a62 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Finlandia and Cutty Sark colors as they work well with Green Beret.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Green Beret palette consists of #6a5551 and #6a5165 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#6a5159). Try Dorado and Don Juan colors in combination with #516a62, 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 #516a62 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 Green Beret. Thus Soya Bean and Salt Box giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Green Beret contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Zambezi, Smoky, and Siam split by 90° on the color wheel. #516a62 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. Green Beret tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#6a5159) and two others. The Salt Box is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cactus – 120° from the complementary Zambezi. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #62516a and #596a51.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #516a62 is made of 28% red, 37% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Green Beret has a hue angle of 160.8°, a saturation of 13.37% and a lightness of 36.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #516a62 is made of 9.81% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 58.43% black ink.

HEX #516a62
RGB Decimal rgb(81,106,98)
RGB Percentage 28%, 37%, 34%
CMYK 9.81, 0, 3.14, 58.43
HSL hsl(160.8,13.37%,36.67%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(160.8,23.58%,41.57%)
CIE-LAB lab(42.6716,-11.0777,1.4631)
XYZ xyz(10.752,12.9392,13.4861)
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