Nasty Green Color

#70b23f

Nasty Green is soft, 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 #8f4dc0
Complementary Color #803eb2
Color Shade: yellow green (94.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 47.25% (better contrasting with white)
Nasty Green Color Sample
Nasty Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #70b23f

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Nasty Green Color. The Thyme and Salt color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Midsummer Field (#88cc44) for more energetic effect. Try Calm Balm as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#803eb2 is the best complementary color to Nasty 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 #70b23f complementary color is Studio, 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 Sushi are #a9b23e and #3eb247. Thus found on the left and right of #70b23f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Sushi and Apple colors as they work well with Nasty Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Nasty Green palette consists of #b23ea9 and #473eb2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#803eb2). Try Fuchsia Pink and Governor Bay colors in combination with #70b23f, 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 #70b23f 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 Nasty Green. Thus Blush and San Marino giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Nasty Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Studio, Pelorous, and Crail split by 90° on the color wheel. #70b23f 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. Nasty Green tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#803eb2) and two others. The San Marino is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Copper – 120° from the complementary Studio. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #3e6fb2 and #b2813e.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #70b23f is made of 32% red, 50% green and 18% blue. In a HSL mode Nasty Green has a hue angle of 94.43°, a saturation of 47.72% and a lightness of 47.25%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #70b23f is made of 25.88% cyan, 0% magenta, 45.09% yellow and 30.2% black ink.

HEX #70b23f
RGB Decimal rgb(112,178,63)
RGB Percentage 32%, 50%, 18%
CMYK 25.88, 0, 45.09, 30.2
HSL hsl(94.43,47.72%,47.25%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(94.43,64.61%,69.8%)
CIE-LAB lab(66.2473,-40.6963,50.547)
XYZ xyz(23.4997,35.6444,10.3441)
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