Chain Reaction Color

#a4a6a4

Chain Reaction 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 #5b595b
Complementary Color #a6a4a6
Color Shade: warm green (120° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 64.71% (better contrasting with white)
Chain Reaction Color Sample
Chain Reaction Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a4a6a4

If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Chain Reaction Color. The Pewter color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Scotland Road (#9baa9a) for more energetic effect. Try Wormwood Green as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#a6a4a6 is the best complementary color to Chain Reaction. 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 #a4a6a4 complementary color is Shady Lady, 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 Pewter are #a5a6a4 and #a4a6a5. Thus found on the left and right of #a4a6a4 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Delta and Edward colors as they work well with Chain Reaction.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Chain Reaction palette consists of #a6a4a5 and #a5a4a6 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a6a4a6). Try Shady Lady and Mountain Mist colors in combination with #a4a6a4, 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 #a4a6a4 offers a combination of mid red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Chain Reaction. Thus Silver Chalice and Santas Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Chain Reaction contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Shady Lady, Gray Chateau, and Cloudy split by 90° on the color wheel. #a4a6a4 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. Chain Reaction tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#a6a4a6) and two others. The Santas Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Delta – 120° from the complementary Shady Lady. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #a4a4a6 and #a6a6a4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a4a6a4 is made of 33% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Chain Reaction has a hue angle of 120°, a saturation of 1.11% and a lightness of 64.71%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a4a6a4 is made of 0.79% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.79% yellow and 34.9% black ink.

HEX #a4a6a4
RGB Decimal rgb(164,166,164)
RGB Percentage 33%, 34%, 33%
CMYK 0.79, 0, 0.79, 34.9
HSL hsl(120,1.11%,64.71%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(120,1.2%,65.1%)
CIE-LAB lab(67.9064,-1.0888,0.7754)
XYZ xyz(35.6469,37.8453,40.548)
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