Composite Artefact Green Color

#55cc00

Composite Artefact Green is vivid, warm-toned shade of yellow green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with violet, mid red or blue cyan

Inverse Color #a3f
Complementary Color #7600cc
Color Shade: yellow green (95° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 40% (better contrasting with white)
Composite Artefact Green Color Sample
Composite Artefact Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #55cc00

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Composite Artefact Green Color. The Nuclear Meltdown color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Sparkling Green (#66ee00) for more calm effect. Try Yoshi as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7600cc is the best complementary color to Composite Artefact Green. Violet shades generally complement the yellow green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #5c0 complementary color is Purple, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid yellow, yellow green, and mid green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White are #bc0 and #0c1. Thus found on the left and right of #5c0 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and White colors as they work well with Composite Artefact Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Composite Artefact Green palette consists of #c0b and #1000cc colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7600cc). Try White and Dark Blue colors in combination with #5c0, 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 #5c0 offers a combination of red magenta and blue cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Composite Artefact Green. Thus Lipstick and Science Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Composite Artefact Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Purple, White, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #5c0 square combo is a palette of yellow green, mid cyan, violet and mid 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. Composite Artefact Green tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#7600cc) and two others. The Science Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary Purple. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #0054cc and #c70.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #55cc00 is made of 29% red, 71% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Composite Artefact Green has a hue angle of 95°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 40%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #55cc00 is made of 46.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 80% yellow and 20% black ink.

HEX #55cc00
RGB Decimal rgb(85,204,0)
RGB Percentage 29%, 71%, 0%
CMYK 46.67, 0, 80, 20
HSL hsl(95,100%,40%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(95,100%,80%)
CIE-LAB lab(72.9689,-61.6851,71.876)
XYZ xyz(25.3392,45.117,7.3729)
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