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Description and conversion results of color #387e9d

It is a pastel azure color having an approximate luminance of 50%. It has a hue value of 198° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Celadon Blue, Cerulean, CG Blue, Teal Blue, Blue (NCS), Star Command Blue, Steel Blue, Green-blue (Crayola), Blue (Munsell) and Metallic Seaweed. 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 #387e9d to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (56, 126, 157) #387e9d hsl (198.4, 47.4%, 41.8%) hsv (198.4, 64.3%, 61.6%) lab (49.7, -12.1, -23.2) xyz (15.2, 18.2, 34.6)

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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 4158 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 7705 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 2209 CBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 240 50 30BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 240 50 25BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 650-MBUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6796BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6789BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6803BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #387e9d 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 Air Superiority Blue, Cerulean Frost, Pewter Blue, Iceberg, Dark Sky Blue, Pale Cerulean, Cadet Grey, Beau Blue, Pale Aqua, Columbia Blue, Light Blue, Alice Blue, Cultured, Gainsboro and Platinum.


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 Blue Sapphire, Deep Space Sparkle, Payne's Grey, Dark Electric Blue, Charcoal, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Gunmetal, Outer Space (Crayola), Charleston Green, Onyx, Rich Black (FOGRA29), Eerie Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39) and Eigengrau.


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 Teal Blue, CG Blue, Cerulean, Celadon Blue, Slate Gray, Payne's Grey, Dark Electric Blue, Cadet, Sonic Silver, Nickel and Gray (Web).

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 cyan and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Deep Jungle Green, Maximum Blue Green, Maximum Blue, Blue Sapphire, Indigo Dye, Dark Sky Blue, Aero, YInMn Blue, Wild Blue Yonder and Little Boy Blue.


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 and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Celadon Blue, Cerulean, Kobicha, Dark Brown, Tumbleweed and Antique Brass.


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 rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Celadon Blue, Cerulean, Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Olivine, Laurel Green, Catawba, Old Mauve, Mauvelous and Charm 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, magenta, orange and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Celadon Blue, Cerulean, Dark Byzantium, Japanese Violet, Lilac, Orchid (Crayola), Kobicha, Dark Brown, Tumbleweed, Antique Brass, British Racing Green, Castleton Green, Dark Sea Green and Eton Blue.

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