Carolina is pale, warm-toned shade of warm green. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool magenta, orange or cool blue
| Inverse Color | #341034 |
| Complementary Color | #efcbef |
| Color Shade: | warm green (120° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 86.67% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Carolina Color. The Friendly Basilisk color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Peppermint (#e3f5e1) for more calm effect. Try Weathered Mint as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#efcbef is the best complementary color to Carolina. Cool magenta shades generally complement the warm green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #cbefcb complementary color is Amour, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of cool yellow, warm green, and green cyan colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Tea Green are #ddefcb and #cbefdd. Thus found on the left and right of #cbefcb on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Chrome White and Tara colors as they work well with Carolina.
The split-complementary Carolina palette consists of #efcbdd and #dccbef colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#efcbef). Try Vanilla Ice and French Lilac colors in combination with #cbefcb, 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 #cbefcb offers a combination of mid red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Carolina. Thus Beauty Bush and Spindle giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Carolina contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Amour, Link Water, and Almond split by 90° on the color wheel. #cbefcb square combo is a palette of warm green, blue cyan, cool magenta and orange shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Carolina tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#efcbef) and two others. The Spindle is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Tahuna Sands – 120° from the complementary Amour. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #cbcbef and #efefcb.
In a RGB color space, hex #cbefcb is made of 31% red, 37% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Carolina has a hue angle of 120°, a saturation of 52.94% and a lightness of 86.67%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #cbefcb is made of 14.12% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.12% yellow and 6.27% black ink.
| HEX | #cbefcb |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(203,239,203) |
| RGB Percentage | 31%, 37%, 31% |
| CMYK | 14.12, 0, 14.12, 6.27 |
| HSL | hsl(120,52.94%,86.67%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(120,15.06%,93.73%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.1171,-18.335,13.5585) |
| XYZ | xyz(66.2746,78.7413,68.2055) |