Green Hour Color

#587d79

Green Hour is pale, cool-toned shade of warm cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool red, cool yellow or cool magenta

Inverse Color #a78286
Complementary Color #7d575b
Color Shade: warm cyan (173.51° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 41.76% (better contrasting with white)
Green Hour Color Sample
Green Hour Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #587d79

If you're looking for a similar warm cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Green Hour Color. The Loch Blue color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a green cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Fiddler (#5a9589) for more energetic effect. Try Copper Roof Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7d575b is the best complementary color to Green Hour. Cool red shades generally complement the warm cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #587d79 complementary color is Russett, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool green, warm cyan, and cool cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Cutty Sark are #577d66 and #576e7d. Thus found on the left and right of #587d79 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spring Leaves and Blue Bayoux colors as they work well with Green Hour.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Green Hour palette consists of #7d6657 and #7d576e colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7d575b). Try Russett and Falcon colors in combination with #587d79, 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 #587d79 offers a combination of warm yellow and cool magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Green Hour. Thus Go Ben and Rum giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Green Hour contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Russett, Smoky, and Limed Ash split by 90° on the color wheel. #587d79 square combo is a palette of warm cyan, warm blue, cool red and cool 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 Hour tetradic combo consists of cool red complementary color (#7d575b) and two others. The Rum is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Glade Green – 120° from the complementary Russett. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #79577d and #5b7d57.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #587d79 is made of 26% red, 37% green and 36% blue. In a HSL mode Green Hour has a hue angle of 173.51°, a saturation of 17.37% and a lightness of 41.76%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #587d79 is made of 14.51% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.57% yellow and 50.98% black ink.

HEX #587d79
RGB Decimal rgb(88,125,121)
RGB Percentage 26%, 37%, 36%
CMYK 14.51, 0, 1.57, 50.98
HSL hsl(173.51,17.37%,41.76%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(173.51,29.6%,49.02%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.6442,-13.8978,-2.0179)
XYZ xyz(14.8093,18.1224,20.8066)
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