Christmas Holly is pale, warm-toned shade of mid green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid magenta, orange or mid blue
| Inverse Color | #977b95 |
| Complementary Color | #846882 |
| Color Shade: | mid green (124.29° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 46.27% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid green shade, there are some better alternatives to Christmas Holly Color. The Abundance color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Pointed Cabbage Green (#859587) for more calm effect. Try Taiga as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#846882 is the best complementary color to Christmas Holly. Mid magenta shades generally complement the mid green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #68846a complementary color is Old Lavender, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of yellow green, mid green, and green cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Glade Green are #738468 and #688478. Thus found on the left and right of #68846a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Camouflage Green and Viridian Green colors as they work well with Christmas Holly.
The split-complementary Christmas Holly palette consists of #846873 and #786884 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#846882). Try Falcon and Rum colors in combination with #68846a, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #68846a 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 Christmas Holly. Thus Sand Dune and Storm Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Christmas Holly contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Old Lavender, Pale Sky, and Makara split by 90° on the color wheel. #68846a square combo is a palette of mid green, blue cyan, mid magenta and orange shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Christmas Holly tetradic combo consists of mid magenta complementary color (#846882) and two others. The Storm Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Flax Smoke – 120° from the complementary Old Lavender. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #696884 and #828468.
In a RGB color space, hex #68846a is made of 30% red, 39% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Christmas Holly has a hue angle of 124.29°, a saturation of 11.86% and a lightness of 46.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #68846a is made of 10.98% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.19% yellow and 48.24% black ink.
| HEX | #68846a |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(104,132,106) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 39%, 31% |
| CMYK | 10.98, 0, 10.19, 48.24 |
| HSL | hsl(124.29,11.86%,46.27%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(124.29,21.21%,51.76%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(52.3825,-15.4814,10.8075) |
| XYZ | xyz(16.5617,20.4862,16.717) |