#2a2a2eIt is a dark gray color having an approximate luminance of 17%. It has a hue value of 240° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Raisin Black, Jet, Onyx, Eerie Black, Gunmetal, Charleston Green, Eigengrau, Black Coffee, Outer Space (Crayola) and Black Olive. 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 #2a2a2e to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (42, 42, 46)
#2a2a2e
hsl (240, 4.5%, 17.3%)
hsv (240, 8.7%, 18%)
lab (17.2, 1, -2.6)
xyz (2.3, 2.3, 2.9)
The rgb, hexadecimal and hsl values can be used in webpages to define the colors of different objects. You can select a value easily by clicking on it.
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.
Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #2a2a2e respectively. The process results a harmonic color scale.
You can open any color on a new page by clicking on the desired color.
Tints
These are the color variants which are generated by adding white color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark gray color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Davy's Grey, Dark Liver, Granite Gray, Dim Gray, Gray (Web), Old Silver, Battleship Grey, Taupe Gray, Silver Chalice, Silver (Metallic), Quick Silver, Gray (X11 Gray), 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 dark gray color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Raisin Black, Eerie Black, Eigengrau, Jet, Smoky Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39), Black and Rich Black (FOGRA29).
Tones
These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base color. This process results a scale from a dark gray 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, Jet, Onyx and Eerie Black.
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 azure and gray colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Onyx, Silver (Metallic), Silver Chalice, Davy's Grey and Dark Liver.
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.
There are variants of the gray color in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Nickel, Black Olive, Onyx, Silver Chalice and Quick Silver.
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 gray and red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Nickel, Black Olive, Onyx, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Dark Liver and Dark Lava.
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.
There are variants of the gray color in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Nickel, Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Silver Chalice, Silver (Metallic), Black Olive, Onyx and Quick Silver.
You can link and share this page in multiple ways according to the color format you would like to use.