Nursery Green Color

#edf0de

Nursery Green is pale, warm-toned shade of mid yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with mid blue, red magenta or mid cyan

Inverse Color #120f21
Complementary Color #e1def0
Color Shade: mid yellow (70° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 90.59% (better contrasting with black)
Nursery Green Color Sample
Nursery Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #edf0de

If you're looking for a similar mid yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Nursery Green Color. The Mountain Spring color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm yellow bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Foamy Lime (#dce2be) for more energetic effect. Try Beryl Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#e1def0 is the best complementary color to Nursery Green. Mid blue shades generally complement the mid yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #edf0de complementary color is Snuff, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of orange, mid yellow, and yellow green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of White Rock are #f0eade and #e4f0de. Thus found on the left and right of #edf0de on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White Rock and Zanah colors as they work well with Nursery Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Nursery Green palette consists of #eadef0 and #dee4f0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#e1def0). Try Snuff and Botticelli colors in combination with #edf0de, 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 #edf0de offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Nursery Green. Thus Prim and Catskill White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Nursery Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Snuff, Swans Down, and Prim split by 90° on the color wheel. #edf0de square combo is a palette of mid yellow, green cyan, mid blue and red magenta 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. Nursery Green tetradic combo consists of mid blue complementary color (#e1def0) and two others. The Catskill White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bizarre – 120° from the complementary Snuff. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #deedf0 and #f0e1de.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #edf0de is made of 34% red, 34% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Nursery Green has a hue angle of 70°, a saturation of 37.5% and a lightness of 90.59%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #edf0de is made of 1.18% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.06% yellow and 5.88% black ink.

HEX #edf0de
RGB Decimal rgb(237,240,222)
RGB Percentage 34%, 34%, 32%
CMYK 1.18, 0, 7.06, 5.88
HSL hsl(70,37.5%,90.59%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(70,7.5%,94.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(94.1405,-4.0984,8.3418)
XYZ xyz(79.27,85.5986,81.4515)
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