Young Bamboo is calm, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm magenta, warm yellow or warm blue
| Inverse Color | #974172 |
| Complementary Color | #bd6899 |
| Color Shade: | cool green (145.81° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 57.65% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Young Bamboo Color. The Sybarite Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Baby Cake (#87bea3) for more calm effect. Try Shamrock Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#bd6899 is the best complementary color to Young Bamboo. Warm magenta shades generally complement the cool green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #68be8d complementary color is Tapestry, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm green, cool green, and warm cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Silver Tree are #6ebd68 and #68bdb7. Thus found on the left and right of #68be8d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Fern and Tradewind colors as they work well with Young Bamboo.
The split-complementary Young Bamboo palette consists of #bd686d and #b768bd colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bd6899). Try Contessa and Wisteria colors in combination with #68be8d, 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 #68be8d offers a combination of warm red and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Young Bamboo. Thus Muddy Waters and Wisteria giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Young Bamboo contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Tapestry, Blue Violet, and Gimblet split by 90° on the color wheel. #68be8d square combo is a palette of cool green, cool blue, warm magenta and warm yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Young Bamboo tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#bd6899) and two others. The Wisteria is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Olivine – 120° from the complementary Tapestry. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8c68bd and #99bd68.
In a RGB color space, hex #68be8d is made of 24% red, 44% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Young Bamboo has a hue angle of 145.81°, a saturation of 39.81% and a lightness of 57.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #68be8d is made of 33.73% cyan, 0% magenta, 19.22% yellow and 25.49% black ink.
| HEX | #68be8d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(104,190,141) |
| RGB Percentage | 24%, 44%, 32% |
| CMYK | 33.73, 0, 19.22, 25.49 |
| HSL | hsl(145.81,39.81%,57.65%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(145.81,45.26%,74.51%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.6588,-37.1929,16.8258) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.9301,41.6931,31.7221) |