#287bbdIt is a pastel azure color having an approximate luminance of 50%. It has a hue value of 207° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Star Command Blue, Steel Blue, French Blue, Bright Navy Blue, Navy Blue (Crayola), Spanish Blue, Green-blue (Crayola), Honolulu Blue, Blue (NCS) and Cerulean. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color #287bbd to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (40, 123, 189)
#287bbd
hsl (206.6, 65.1%, 44.9%)
hsv (206.6, 78.8%, 74.1%)
lab (49.8, -1.3, -41.6)
xyz (17.1, 18.3, 50.8)
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The following table contains the nearest matching standard colors.
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Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #287bbd 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 pastel azure color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Blue-gray, Livid, Little Boy Blue, Cerulean Frost, Wild Blue Yonder, Light Steel Blue, Baby Blue Eyes, Pale Cerulean, Periwinkle (Crayola), Light Periwinkle, Beau Blue, Alice Blue, Ghost White, Lavender (Web) and Cultured.
Shades
These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel azure color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Lapis Lazuli, B'dazzled Blue, USAFA Blue, Sapphire Blue, Indigo Dye, Yale Blue, Prussian Blue, Dark Cornflower Blue, Oxford Blue, Gunmetal, Space Cadet, Eigengrau, Rich Black (FOGRA29), Eerie Black and Rich Black (FOGRA39).
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a pastel azure color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to Blue Yonder, Steel Blue, Navy Blue (Crayola), Bright Navy Blue, Glaucous, Queen Blue, Slate Gray, Light Slate Gray, Shadow Blue, Dark Electric Blue, Sonic Silver, Nickel and Gray (Web).
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 colors. There are variants of cyan, azure and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Blue Sapphire, Maximum Blue, Cyan (Process), Indigo Dye, USAFA Blue, French Sky Blue, Blue Jeans, Dark Slate Blue, Dark Cornflower Blue, Maximum Blue Purple and Blue Bell.
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 and warm colors. There are variants of azure, yellow and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Star Command Blue, Steel Blue, Field Drab, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Satin Sheen Gold and Vegas Gold.
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 azure, green and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Star Command Blue, Steel Blue, Forest Green (Traditional), UP Forest Green, Dark Sea Green, Medium Sea Green, Persian Plum, Prune, Coral Pink and Congo Pink.
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 azure, rose, yellow, orange and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Star Command Blue, Steel Blue, Pansy Purple, Quinacridone Magenta, Charm Pink, Vanilla Ice, Field Drab, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Satin Sheen Gold, Vegas Gold, Blue-green (color Wheel), English Green, Keppel and Light Sea Green.
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