Description and conversion results of color #47454d

It is a dark grayish violet color having an approximate luminance of 30%. It has a hue value of 255° indicating that this is a cold color.

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Onyx, Jet, Charcoal, Black Coffee, Independence, Gunmetal, Black Olive and Outer Space (Crayola). A little 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 #47454d to RGB, hexadecimal, HSL, HSV, Lab and XYZ colorspaces: each format represents the same color.

rgb(71, 69, 77)
#47454d
hsl(255, 5.5%, 28.6%)
hsv(255, 10.4%, 30.2%)
lab(29.7, 2.6, -4.5)
xyz(6.1, 6.1, 7.9)

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Similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors

The most important note: 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 list contains the nearest matching standard colors. The left hexagon is the reference, the right one is the matched color. For each color there is a link to our partner MyPerfectColor.com, where you can buy paints of the corresponding colors.

Pantone 19-3927 TPG
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Pantone 19-4013 TPG
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Pantone 19-4022 TPG
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RAL D2 300 20 05
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RAL D2 340 20 05
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RAL 7024
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Sherwin-Williams 6265
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Sherwin-Williams 9154
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Sherwin-Williams 7083
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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 it 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 #47454d color. This process results a scale from a dark grayish violet color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.

This color scale contains similar colors to Sonic Silver, Dim Gray, Granite Gray, Nickel, Spanish Gray, Taupe Gray, Manatee, Roman Silver, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver, Silver Sand, Silver Chalice, Gainsboro, Platinum, Light Gray and Timberwolf.

Shades

These are the color variants which are generated by adding black color to the base #47454d color. This process results a scale from a dark grayish violet color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.

This color scale contains similar colors to Jet, Onyx, Black Coffee, Raisin Black, Eerie Black, Eigengrau, Smoky Black, Rich Black (FOGRA39) and Black.

Tones

These are the color variants which are generated by adding gray color to the base #47454d color. This process results a scale from a dark grayish violet color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.

This color scale contains similar colors to Dark Liver, Onyx, Davy's Grey and Jet.

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 and warm colors. There are variants of azure, gray, magenta and rose colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Charcoal, Outer Space (Crayola), Cadet Grey, Silver Chalice, Onyx, Silver (Metallic), Cadet Blue (Crayola), Dark Liver, Black Coffee, Black Shadows and Silver Pink.

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 violet, gray and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Jet, Onyx, Taupe Gray, Roman Silver, Lavender Gray, Light Gray, Black Olive, Pine Tree, Battleship Grey, Old Silver and Timberwolf.

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 violet, cyan, green and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Silver (Metallic), Silver Chalice, Outer Space (Crayola), Dark Slate Gray, Ash Gray, Morning Blue, Dark Lava, Taupe and Quick Silver.

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 violet, red, green and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Silver (Metallic), Silver Chalice, Dark Lava, Black Shadows, Silver Pink, Black Olive, Rifle Green, Quick Silver, Charcoal and Outer Space (Crayola).

If you want to have a more detailed control of the colors in the schemes, have a look at the Spektran application too!

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