Chinaberry Color

#464960

Chinaberry is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or cool red

Inverse Color #b9b69f
Complementary Color #605d46
Color Shade: cool blue (233.08° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 32.55% (better contrasting with white)
Chinaberry Color Sample
Chinaberry Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #464960

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Chinaberry Color. The Concrete Landscape color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Pencil Lead (#5c6274) for more calm effect. Try Marlin as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#605d46 is the best complementary color to Chinaberry. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #464960 complementary color is Finch, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Gun Powder are #465660 and #504660. Thus found on the left and right of #464960 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching River Bed and Mulled Wine colors as they work well with Chinaberry.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chinaberry palette consists of #566046 and #605046 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#605d46). Try Finch and Kabul colors in combination with #464960, 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 #464960 offers a combination of warm green and cool red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Chinaberry. Thus Axolotl and Don Juan giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chinaberry contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Finch, Eggplant, and Nandor split by 90° on the color wheel. #464960 square combo is a palette of cool blue, warm magenta, warm yellow and cool green 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. Chinaberry tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#605d46) and two others. The Don Juan is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mineral Green – 120° from the complementary Finch. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #604648 and #46605d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #464960 is made of 29% red, 31% green and 40% blue. In a HSL mode Chinaberry has a hue angle of 233.08°, a saturation of 15.66% and a lightness of 32.55%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #464960 is made of 10.2% cyan, 9.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 62.35% black ink.

HEX #464960
RGB Decimal rgb(70,73,96)
RGB Percentage 29%, 31%, 40%
CMYK 10.2, 9.02, 0, 62.35
HSL hsl(233.08,15.66%,32.55%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(233.08,27.08%,37.65%)
CIE-LAB lab(31.6051,4.585,-13.8927)
XYZ xyz(7.0197,6.9117,12.0304)
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