#3297ae
It is a pastel cyan color having an approximate luminance of 58%. It has a hue value of 191° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Blue (Munsell), Blue-green, Pacific Blue, Maximum Blue, Cerulean (Crayola), Cadet Blue, Viridian Green, Steel Teal, Metallic Seaweed and Air Superiority Blue. 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 #3297ae
to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (50, 151, 174)
#3297ae
hsl (191.1, 55.4%, 43.9%)
hsv (191.1, 71.3%, 68.2%)
lab (57.9, -21.1, -20.4)
xyz (20, 25.9, 44)
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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 #3297ae 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 cyan color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Maximum Blue, Dark Sky Blue, Pacific Blue, Pewter Blue, Light Blue, Crystal, Light Cornflower Blue, Columbia Blue, Pale Aqua, Beau Blue, Alice Blue, Azure (X11/web Color), Cultured and Mint Cream.
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 cyan color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Teal Blue, Ming, Metallic Seaweed, Blue Sapphire, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Charcoal, Deep Space Sparkle, Outer Space (Crayola), Gunmetal, Charleston Green, Dark Jungle Green, Rich Black (FOGRA29) and Eerie 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 pastel cyan 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 (Munsell), Blue-green, Cadet Blue, Steel Teal, Light Slate Gray, Slate Gray, Cadet Grey, Battleship Grey, Old Silver, Roman Silver 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 and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Verdigris, Maximum Blue Green, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Maximum Blue, Pacific Blue, Indigo Dye, USAFA Blue, Aero and Iceberg.
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 cyan and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Metallic Seaweed, Teal Blue, Liver (organ), Bole, Dark Salmon and Middle Red.
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 cyan, yellow and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Metallic Seaweed, Teal Blue, Army Green, Antique Bronze, Misty Moss, Sage, Old Mauve, Wine Dregs, Kobi and Amaranth 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 cyan, violet, orange and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Metallic Seaweed, Teal Blue, English Violet, Cyber Grape, Wisteria, Lilac, Liver (organ), Bole, Dark Salmon, Middle Red, Hunter Green, Forest Green (Traditional), Dark Sea Green and Asparagus.
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