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Description and conversion results of color #497ba6

It is a pastel azure color having an approximate luminance of 50%. It has a hue value of 208° indicating that this is a cold color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Steel Blue, Star Command Blue, Blue Yonder, French Blue, Glaucous, Spanish Blue, Green-blue (Crayola), Queen Blue, Cerulean and Celadon 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 #497ba6 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (73, 123, 166) #497ba6 hsl (207.7, 38.9%, 46.9%) hsv (207.7, 56%, 65.1%) lab (49.9, -3.9, -28.1) xyz (16.7, 18.3, 38.7)

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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 2454 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 7690 UBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 2158 CBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 260 50 30BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 260 50 35BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 270 50 35BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6810BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6803BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 9065BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #497ba6 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 Cerulean Frost, Air Superiority Blue, Livid, Blue-gray, Light Steel Blue, Cadet Blue (Crayola), Pale Cerulean, Cadet Grey, Beau Blue, Pale Aqua, Periwinkle (Crayola), Alice Blue, Ghost White, Cultured and Gainsboro.


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 B'dazzled Blue, Lapis Lazuli, YInMn Blue, Queen Blue, Charcoal, Indigo Dye, Prussian Blue, Yale Blue, Gunmetal, Outer Space (Crayola), Charleston Green, Onyx, Rich Black (FOGRA29), Eigengrau, Eerie Black and Rich Black (FOGRA39).


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 Blue Yonder, Glaucous, Steel Blue, Queen Blue, Slate Gray, Light Slate Gray, Payne's Grey, Dark Electric Blue, 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, azure and blue colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Blue Sapphire, Maximum Blue, Cerulean (Crayola), Indigo Dye, USAFA Blue, Iceberg, Aero, Purple Navy, Independence, Maximum Blue Purple and Blue Bell.


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 Steel Blue, Star Command Blue, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Field Drab, Light French Beige and Tan.


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 Steel Blue, Star Command Blue, Hunter Green, Forest Green (Traditional), Dark Sea Green, Eton Blue, Wine, Catawba, Pastel Pink and New York 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, rose, orange, cyan and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Steel Blue, Star Command Blue, Old Mauve, Wine Dregs, Kobi, Charm Pink, Pullman Brown (UPS Brown), Field Drab, Light French Beige, Tan, Blue-green (color Wheel), Brunswick Green, Green Sheen and Keppel.

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