Bay Leaf is pale, 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 | #825672 |
| Complementary Color | #a97c98 |
| Color Shade: | cool green (141.82° 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 Bay Leaf Color. The Rainford color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Chrysanthemum Leaf (#9db8ab) for more calm effect. Try Leamington Spa as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#a97c98 is the best complementary color to Bay Leaf. 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 #7da98d complementary color is Bouquet, 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 Bay Leaf are #82a97c and #7ca9a3. Thus found on the left and right of #7da98d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Amulet and Sea Nymph colors as they work well with Bay Leaf.
The split-complementary Bay Leaf palette consists of #a97c82 and #a37ca9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a97c98). Try Pharlap and Lavender Purple colors in combination with #7da98d, 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 #7da98d 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 Bay Leaf. Thus Sandrift and Lavender Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Bay Leaf contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bouquet, Kimberly, and Hillary split by 90° on the color wheel. #7da98d 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. Bay Leaf tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#a97c98) and two others. The Lavender Purple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sage – 120° from the complementary Bouquet. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #8d7ca9 and #98a97c.
In a RGB color space, hex #7da98d is made of 29% red, 39% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Bay Leaf has a hue angle of 141.82°, a saturation of 20.37% and a lightness of 57.65%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7da98d is made of 17.25% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.98% yellow and 33.73% black ink.
| HEX | #7da98d |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(125,169,141) |
| RGB Percentage | 29%, 39%, 32% |
| CMYK | 17.25, 0, 10.98, 33.73 |
| HSL | hsl(141.82,20.37%,57.65%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(141.82,26.04%,66.27%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.4823,-20.7044,9.7085) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.4531,34.659,30.4422) |