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Description and conversion results of color #512820

It is a dark pastel red color having an approximate luminance of 21%. It has a hue value of 10° indicating that this is a warm color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Caput Mortuum, Dark Sienna, Liver (organ), Black Bean, Seal Brown, Chocolate Cosmos, Dark Liver (horses), Old Burgundy, Prune and Persian Plum. 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 #512820 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (81, 40, 32) #512820 hsl (9.8, 43.4%, 22.2%) hsv (9.8, 60.5%, 31.8%) lab (21.5, 18.2, 13.8) xyz (4.4, 3.4, 1.8)

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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 4695 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 7631 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 7630 CBUY PAINT >>
   RAL 8016BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 8012BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 8015BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 2801BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 2838BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 6034BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #512820 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 red color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Deep Taupe, Liver, Rose Taupe, Rose Ebony, Cinereous, Burnished Brown, Beaver, Rocket Metallic, Silver Pink, Black Shadows, Silver (Crayola), Pale Silver, Timberwolf, Gainsboro, Platinum 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 red color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.


This color scale contains similar colors to Dark Sienna, Black Bean, Old Burgundy, Caput Mortuum, Bistre, Black Coffee, Smoky Black, Raisin Black, Black Chocolate, Eerie Black, 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 dark pastel red color to gray. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Old Burgundy, Caput Mortuum, Dark Liver (horses), Bistre, Black Coffee, Taupe, Jet and Onyx.

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 warm colors. There are variants of red and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Catawba, Old Mauve, Pastel Pink, Puce, Bole, Liver (organ), Tuscany, Dark Brown, Kobicha, Tumbleweed and Camel.


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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of red and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blast-off Bronze, Copper Rose, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Dark Sky Blue and Pewter Blue.


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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of red, azure and green colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blast-off Bronze, Copper Rose, Dark Cornflower Blue, Independence, Wild Blue Yonder, Maximum Blue Purple, English Green, Brunswick Green, Dark Sea Green and Eton Blue.


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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of red, green, cyan and violet colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Blast-off Bronze, Copper Rose, Rifle Green, Kombu Green, Laurel Green, Dark Sea Green, Midnight Green (Eagle Green), Dark Slate Gray, Dark Sky Blue, Pewter Blue, English Violet, Cyber Grape, Lilac and Glossy Grape.

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