Holly Fern 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 | #734d66 |
| Complementary Color | #b28ca5 |
| Color Shade: | cool green (140.53° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 62.35% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool green shade, there are some better alternatives to Holly Fern Color. The Growth color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Fish Camp Woods (#7a9682) for more calm effect. Try Green Tea Candy as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.
#b28ca5 is the best complementary color to Holly Fern. 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 #8cb299 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 #92b28c and #8cb2ab. Thus found on the left and right of #8cb299 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Envy and Cascade colors as they work well with Holly Fern.
The split-complementary Holly Fern palette consists of #b28c92 and #ab8cb2 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b28ca5). Try Del Rio and Amethyst Smoke colors in combination with #8cb299, 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 #8cb299 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 Holly Fern. Thus Thatch and Amethyst Smoke giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Holly Fern contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bouquet, Bali Hai, and Hillary split by 90° on the color wheel. #8cb299 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. Holly Fern tetradic combo consists of warm magenta complementary color (#b28ca5) and two others. The Amethyst Smoke is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Locust – 120° from the complementary Bouquet. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #988cb2 and #a5b28c.
In a RGB color space, hex #8cb299 is made of 30% red, 38% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Holly Fern has a hue angle of 140.53°, a saturation of 19.79% and a lightness of 62.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #8cb299 is made of 14.9% cyan, 0% magenta, 9.8% yellow and 30.2% black ink.
| HEX | #8cb299 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(140,178,153) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 38%, 32% |
| CMYK | 14.9, 0, 9.8, 30.2 |
| HSL | hsl(140.53,19.79%,62.35%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(140.53,21.35%,69.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.2669,-17.9443,8.5993) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.4854,39.7161,36.0908) |