Granny Smith is pale, warm-toned shade of green cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or violet
| Inverse Color | #846b73 |
| Complementary Color | #947a83 |
| Color Shade: | green cyan (160.8° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 53.14% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar green cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Granny Smith Color. The Longfellow color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Stockleaf (#647b72) for more calm effect. Try Grey Monument as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#947a83 is the best complementary color to Granny Smith. Red magenta shades generally complement the green cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7b948c complementary color is Bazaar, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Blue Smoke are #7a947f and #7a8f94. Thus found on the left and right of #7b948c on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spanish Green and Juniper colors as they work well with Granny Smith.
The split-complementary Granny Smith palette consists of #947f7a and #947a8f colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#947a83). Try Hemp and Mountbatten Pink colors in combination with #7b948c, 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 #7b948c offers a combination of orange and violet shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Granny Smith. Thus Pale Oyster and Mamba giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Granny Smith contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bazaar, Waterloo , and Bitter split by 90° on the color wheel. #7b948c square combo is a palette of green cyan, mid blue, red magenta and mid yellow shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Granny Smith tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#947a83) and two others. The Mamba is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Battleship Gray – 120° from the complementary Bazaar. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8c7a94 and #83947a.
In a RGB color space, hex #7b948c is made of 30% red, 36% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Granny Smith has a hue angle of 160.8°, a saturation of 10.46% and a lightness of 53.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7b948c is made of 9.8% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 41.96% black ink.
| HEX | #7b948c |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(123,148,140) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 36%, 34% |
| CMYK | 9.8, 0, 3.14, 41.96 |
| HSL | hsl(160.8,10.46%,53.14%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(160.8,16.89%,58.04%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.2365,-10.5118,1.2769) |
| XYZ | xyz(23.4919,27.2842,28.8392) |