Padua 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 | #814c6b |
| Complementary Color | #b37e9c |
| Color Shade: | cool green (144.91° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 59.8% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Padua Color. The White Spruce color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Douglas Fir Green (#6f9881) for more calm effect. Try Club Moss as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#b37e9c is the best complementary color to Padua. 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 #7eb394 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 Acapulco are #82b37e and #7eb3ae. Thus found on the left and right of #7eb394 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Bay Leaf and Gulf Stream colors as they work well with Padua.
The split-complementary Padua palette consists of #b37e82 and #ae7eb3 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b37e9c). Try Brandy Rose and Lavender Purple colors in combination with #7eb394, 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 #7eb394 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 Padua. Thus Sandrift and Lavender Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Padua contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bouquet, Wild Blue Yonder, and Mongoose split by 90° on the color wheel. #7eb394 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. Padua tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#b37e9c) and two others. The Lavender Purple is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Green Smoke – 120° from the complementary Bouquet. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #937eb3 and #9cb37e.
In a RGB color space, hex #7eb394 is made of 28% red, 40% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Padua has a hue angle of 144.91°, a saturation of 25.85% and a lightness of 59.8%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7eb394 is made of 20.79% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.16% yellow and 29.8% black ink.
| HEX | #7eb394 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(126,179,148) |
| RGB Percentage | 28%, 40%, 33% |
| CMYK | 20.79, 0, 12.16, 29.8 |
| HSL | hsl(144.91,25.85%,59.8%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(144.91,29.61%,70.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.6163,-24.0299,10.3049) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.0696,38.8139,33.924) |