La Palma #428929

La Palma (#428929) is a mid-tone, saturated green with an OKLCH hue of 139°, lightness 0.56 and chroma 0.149. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#428929
RGBrgb(66, 137, 41)
HSLhsl(104, 54%, 35%)
HSVhsv(104, 70%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(52%, 0%, 70%, 46%)
CIE Lablab(50.9 -40.5 42.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.563 0.149 139)

How La Palma behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light La Palma shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test La Palma in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.34:1 and against black 4.84:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with La Palma

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#a6de96 · #7ab767 · #428929 · #2a6c0c · #144600 · #052300

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#3ab08f · #349e62 · #428929 · #586f00 · #5a5600 · #534100

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#00ccc6 · #58a29e · #428929 · #2f691a · #164b00 · #002c2a

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#cbe5c4 · #9ec693 · #899d83 · #428929 · #78348a · #23421a

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#f8eefb · #879584 · #428929 · #605962 · #1d2a19 · #020003

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f6eff9 · #cec5d1 · #a298a5 · #291d2d · #07010a · #428929

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#fbecff · #af78be · #428929 · #7e3a90 · #3e014b · #000200

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#e0cff1 · #c29aab · #428929 · #6d47a5 · #39314a · #131104

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#eaf2ff · #6291d8 · #428929 · #9e2d39 · #4e000f · #000013

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e2f5ff · #259dca · #428929 · #7e3a90 · #411700 · #05000a

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#5E9C4B · #79AF69 · #94C287 · #B0D5A5 · #CBE9C3

Shades

#327219 · #225C07 · #144600 · #0B3100 · #031D00

Muted

#50853F · #5B8250 · #667D5F

Using La Palma

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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