Blade Green Color

#6a9266

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

Inverse Color #956d99
Complementary Color #8e6692
Color Shade: warm green (114.55° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 48.63% (better contrasting with white)
Blade Green Color Sample
Blade Green Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #6a9266

If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Blade Green Color. The Baby Spinach color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Sage Garden (#7fab70) for more energetic effect. Try Melbourne as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#8e6692 is the best complementary color to Blade Green. 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 #6a9266 complementary color is Trendy Pink, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool yellow, warm green, and cool green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Highland are #809266 and #669278. Thus found on the left and right of #6a9266 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Avocado and Viridian Green colors as they work well with Blade Green.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Blade Green palette consists of #92667f and #776692 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8e6692). Try Strikemaster and Rum colors in combination with #6a9266, 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 #6a9266 offers a combination of cool red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Blade Green. Thus Copper Rose and Kimberly giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Blade Green contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Trendy Pink, Lynch, and Cement split by 90° on the color wheel. #6a9266 square combo is a palette of warm green, cool cyan, cool magenta and warm red 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. Blade Green tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#8e6692) and two others. The Kimberly is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Avocado – 120° from the complementary Trendy Pink. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #666992 and #928e66.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #6a9266 is made of 30% red, 41% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Blade Green has a hue angle of 114.55°, a saturation of 17.74% and a lightness of 48.63%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6a9266 is made of 15.68% cyan, 0% magenta, 17.25% yellow and 42.75% black ink.

HEX #6a9266
RGB Decimal rgb(106,146,102)
RGB Percentage 30%, 41%, 29%
CMYK 15.68, 0, 17.25, 42.75
HSL hsl(114.55,17.74%,48.63%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(114.55,30.14%,57.25%)
CIE-LAB lab(56.6651,-22.815,19.0163)
XYZ xyz(18.621,24.5812,16.3336)
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