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Description and conversion results of color #38384a

It is a dark grayish blue color having an approximate luminance of 24%. It has a hue value of 240° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Independence, Space Cadet, Dark Liver, Jet, Onyx, Raisin Black, Black Coffee, Charcoal, Gunmetal and English Violet. 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 #38384a to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (56, 56, 74) #38384a hsl (240, 13.8%, 25.5%) hsv (240, 24.3%, 29%) lab (24.2, 4.6, -11) xyz (4.3, 4.2, 7.1)

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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 4132 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 4133 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 19-3815 TPGBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 290 20 10BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 300 20 15BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 290 20 20BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6545BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6279BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6265BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #38384a 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 grayish 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 Old Lavender, Granite Gray, Dim Gray, Black Coral, Roman Silver, Taupe Gray, Manatee, Cool Grey, Silver (Metallic), Lavender Gray, Silver Chalice, Gray (X11 Gray), Gainsboro, Platinum, Light Gray 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 grayish 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 Raisin Black, Eigengrau, Jet, Onyx, Eerie Black, Rich Black (FOGRA29), Rich Black (FOGRA39), Black and Smoky 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 dark grayish 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 Jet, Onyx, Gunmetal, Dark Liver, Raisin Black, Black Coffee and Black Olive.

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 and magenta colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Gunmetal, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Cadet Grey, Independence, Dark Liver, Manatee, Eggplant, Heliotrope Gray and Rose Quartz.


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 yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Rhythm, Old Lavender, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Laurel Green and Sage.


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, green and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Rhythm, Old Lavender, Dark Slate Gray, MSU Green, Morning Blue, Opal, Dark Liver (horses), Taupe, Silver Pink and Black Shadows.


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, yellow and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Rhythm, Old Lavender, Dark Liver (horses), Rose Ebony, Silver Pink, Tuscany, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Laurel Green, Sage, Dark Slate Gray, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Opal and Pewter Blue.

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