Information about Fern Green color

#4F7942 - Fern Green color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#4F7942, known as "Fern Green", falls into the Green Color Family — Mild Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(79, 121, 66) — 31% red, 47.5% green, 25.9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 16 / 0 / 22 / 53. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#4F7942 presents itself as a moderately toned natural green — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Artichoke Green (#4B6F44). Slightly further away sit Killarney (#49764F) and Chalet Green (#5A6E41).

Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(79, 121, 66)), which gives #4F7942 its character. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #4F7942: 5.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.1:1 for black. The name "Fern Green" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.

Fern Green color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Fern Green color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to Fern Green

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Killarney color link
Killarney

#49764F

Chalet Green color link
Chalet Green

#5A6E41

Barmy Army color link
Barmy Army

#607640

Dingley color link
Dingley

#607C47

Wimbledon color link
Wimbledon

#536D33

Area color link
Area

#3C8043

Patina color link
Patina

#407A52

Tom Thumb color link
Tom Thumb

#4F6348

Glade Green color link
Glade Green

#5F8151

May Green color link
May Green

#4C9141

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#4F7942
  • RGB79, 121, 66
  • CMYK16, 0, 22, 53
  • CSSrgb(79, 121, 66)
  • HSL106°, 29%, 37%
  • HSL Precise105.818°, 29.412%, 36.667%
  • HSV106°, 45%, 47%
  • HSB106°, 45%, 47%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.310
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.475
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.259
  • GLSLvec3(0.310, 0.475, 0.259)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.310, 0.475, 0.259, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.310, 0.475, 0.259)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB31%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB47.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.9%
  • Color FamilyGreen
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID4F7942
  • DECIMAL ID5208386
  • Name Length10
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