Description and conversion results of color #2f237f

It is a dark pastel blue color having an approximate luminance of 21%. It has a hue value of 248° indicating that this is a cold color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Picotee Blue, Cosmic Cobalt, St. Patrick's Blue, Midnight Blue, Persian Indigo, Resolution Blue, Spanish Violet, Blue (pigment), Phthalo Blue and International Klein Blue. 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 #2f237f to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

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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.

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Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #2f237f 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 dark pastel blue color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.

This color scale contains similar colors to Royal Purple, Liberty, Plump Purple, Dark Blue-gray, Purple Mountain Majesty, Middle Blue Purple, African Violet, Rhythm, Blue Bell, Lilac, Maximum Blue Purple, Wisteria, Lavender (Web), Languid Lavender, Pale Purple (Pantone) and Lavender Gray.

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 pastel blue color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.

This color scale contains similar colors to Midnight Blue, Russian Violet, St. Patrick's Blue, Persian Indigo, Space Cadet, Dark Purple, Royal Blue (dark), Oxford Blue, Eigengrau, Raisin Black, Rich Black (FOGRA29) 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 dark pastel blue color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.

This color scale contains similar colors to St. Patrick's Blue, Picotee Blue, Spanish Violet, Midnight Blue, Russian Violet, Space Cadet, Dark Purple, English Violet, Raisin Black, Black Coffee, Jet and Onyx.

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 colors. There are variants of azure, blue, violet and magenta colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Indigo Dye, Dark Cornflower Blue, Little Boy Blue, Wild Blue Yonder, Dark Slate Blue, Blue (pigment), Maximum Blue Purple, Bright Lilac, Midnight, Byzantium, Orchid (Crayola) and Violet (Web).

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 blue and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue-violet (Crayola), Violet-blue (Crayola), Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Olivine and Asparagus.

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 blue, cyan and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue-violet (Crayola), Violet-blue (Crayola), Deep Jungle Green, MSU Green, Green Sheen, Polished Pine, Sepia, Kobicha, Tan (Crayola) and Tumbleweed.

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 blue, red, green and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue-violet (Crayola), Violet-blue (Crayola), OU Crimson Red, Falu Red, Salmon, Coral Pink, Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Olivine, Asparagus, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Pewter Blue and Dark Sky Blue.

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