Catnip Color

#80aa95

Catnip is pale, warm-toned shade of cool green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with red magenta, mid yellow or warm blue

Inverse Color #7f556a
Complementary Color #aa7f94
Color Shade: cool green (150° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 58.43% (better contrasting with white)
Catnip Color Sample
Catnip Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #80aa95

If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Catnip Color. The Hawkesbury color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Tiamo (#9bb2aa) for more calm effect. Try Pistachio Ice Cream as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#aa7f94 is the best complementary color to Catnip. 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 #80aa95 complementary color is Bouquet, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid green, green cyan, and mid cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Bay Leaf are #7faa80 and #7fa9aa. Thus found on the left and right of #80aa95 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Amulet and Gumbo colors as they work well with Catnip.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Catnip palette consists of #aa807f and #aa7fa9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#aa7f94). Try Pharlap and Bouquet colors in combination with #80aa95, 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 #80aa95 offers a combination of orange and warm blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Catnip. Thus Donkey Brown and Lavender Purple giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Catnip contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bouquet, Kimberly, and Hillary split by 90° on the color wheel. #80aa95 square combo is a palette of green cyan, cool blue, red magenta and mid yellow 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. Catnip tetradic combo consists of red magenta complementary color (#aa7f94) 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 #947faa and #94aa7f.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #80aa95 is made of 29% red, 38% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Catnip has a hue angle of 150°, a saturation of 19.81% and a lightness of 58.43%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #80aa95 is made of 16.47% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.24% yellow and 33.33% black ink.

HEX #80aa95
RGB Decimal rgb(128,170,149)
RGB Percentage 29%, 38%, 33%
CMYK 16.47, 0, 8.24, 33.33
HSL hsl(150,19.81%,58.43%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(150,24.71%,66.67%)
CIE-LAB lab(66.1427,-18.6148,6.2391)
XYZ xyz(28.7016,35.5086,33.7749)
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