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Description and conversion results of color #281a26

It is a very dark grayish magenta color having an approximate luminance of 11%. It has a hue value of 309° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Dark Purple, Raisin Black, Eigengrau, Black Coffee, Old Burgundy, Eerie Black, Smoky Black, Dark Sienna, Jet and Rich Black (FOGRA39). A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.

Conversion results

The following list contains the conversion results of color #281a26 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (40, 26, 38) #281a26 hsl (308.6, 21.2%, 12.9%) hsv (308.6, 35%, 15.7%) lab (11.5, 9.5, -5.4) xyz (1.6, 1.3, 2)

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

In real life paints might have a different shade compared to as they appear on your display. You shall always consult and double-check colors with a professional paint provider before you order.

The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.

The left side contains the reference color, while the right side shows the matched color. For each item there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy corresponding paints.

   Pantone Black 5 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 7449 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 5185 CBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 5004BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 3007BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 8022BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7630BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9175BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6279BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #281a26 respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.

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Tints

These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a very dark grayish magenta color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Dark Liver, Eggplant, Davy's Grey, Rose Ebony, Rocket Metallic, Taupe Gray, Old Lavender, Sonic Silver, Silver (Metallic), Black Shadows, Quick Silver, Silver Chalice, Gainsboro, Light Gray, Platinum and Timberwolf.


Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a very dark grayish magenta color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.


This color scale contains similar colors to Eigengrau, Raisin Black, Eerie Black, Dark Purple, Smoky Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39) and Black.


Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a very dark grayish magenta color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Raisin Black, Eigengrau, Black Coffee, Eerie Black and Smoky Black.

Color schemes and palettes

Color schemes represent a set of colors creating a harmonic and aesthetic feeling. Color schemes are generated by choosing colors around the color wheel.

We can talk about monochromatic, complementary, triadic and tetradic color schemes, choosing one, two, three or four colors around the color wheel respectively.

In the following tables these color schemes are present.


Monochromatic

The monochromatic scale is generated by choosing colors on the color wheel near to the base color. As the colors of the monochromatic scale are close to each other, they create a harmonic feeling.




This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of blue, violet, magenta and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Independence, Dark Liver, Manatee, Rose Quartz, Eggplant, Heliotrope Gray, Rose Ebony, Silver Pink and Black Shadows.


Complementary

The complementary scale is generated by choosing the color on the opposite side on the color wheel relative to the base color. This results in slight vibrating tension between the complementary colors.


This color scale contains cold colors. There are variants of magenta and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Old Lavender, Mountbatten Pink, Kombu Green, Rifle Green, Morning Blue and Cambridge Blue.


Triadic

The triadic scale is generated by choosing two colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combines the slight vibrating tension and the harmonic feeling between the triadic colors.



This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of magenta, cyan and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Old Lavender, Mountbatten Pink, Dark Slate Gray, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Pewter Blue, Opal, Dark Lava, Taupe, Grullo and Khaki (Web).


Tetradic

The tetradic scale is generated by choosing three colors on the color wheel relative to the base color. This combination covers the whole color wheel containing both the complementary and harmonic colors of the base color.




This color scale contains cold and warm colors. There are variants of magenta, orange, green and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Old Lavender, Mountbatten Pink, Taupe, Dark Lava, Grullo, Silver Pink, Kombu Green, Rifle Green, Morning Blue, Cambridge Blue, Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Pewter Blue and Cadet Grey.

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