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Description and conversion results of color #3b5174

It is a dark pastel azure color having an approximate luminance of 34%. It has a hue value of 217° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are YInMn Blue, B'dazzled Blue, Independence, Purple Navy, Dark Cornflower Blue, USAFA Blue, Indigo Dye, Lapis Lazuli, Liberty and Queen 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 #3b5174 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (59, 81, 116) #3b5174 hsl (216.8, 32.6%, 34.3%) hsv (216.8, 49.1%, 45.5%) lab (34.1, 2.1, -22.6) xyz (7.9, 8.1, 17.7)

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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 540 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 295 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 4143 CBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 270 30 25BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 5000BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 630-4BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6538BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6531BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6971BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #3b5174 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 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 Rhythm, Slate Gray, Shadow Blue, Blue Yonder, Manatee, Cool Grey, Roman Silver, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Lavender Gray, Light Periwinkle, Periwinkle (Crayola), Gainsboro, Platinum, Ghost White and Light 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 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 Prussian Blue, Yale Blue, Indigo Dye, Space Cadet, Oxford Blue, Gunmetal, Eigengrau, Raisin Black, Rich Black (FOGRA29), Eerie Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39) and 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 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 Independence, Purple Navy, YInMn Blue, B'dazzled Blue, Black Coral, Charcoal, Davy's Grey and Dark Liver.

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 and violet colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue Sapphire, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Sky Blue, Aero, Indigo Dye, Dark Cornflower Blue, Wild Blue Yonder, Maximum Blue Purple, English Violet, Cyber Grape, Blue Bell and Glossy Grape.


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 yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue Yonder, Glaucous, Olive Drab 7, Army Green, Ecru and Sand.


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 red colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue Yonder, Glaucous, English Green, Brunswick Green, Dark Sea Green, Eton Blue, Bole, Caput Mortuum, Pastel Pink and Tuscany.


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, red, yellow and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blue Yonder, Glaucous, Catawba, Old Mauve, Pastel Pink, Puce, Olive Drab 7, Army Green, Ecru, Sand, Deep Jungle Green, Blue-green (color Wheel), Green Sheen and Verdigris.

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