#556edcIt is a pastel blue color having an approximate luminance of 50%. It has a hue value of 229° indicating that this is a cold color.
Some of the most similar colors to this color are Royal Blue (light), Bluetiful, Han Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Neon Blue, Blue (Crayola), Celtic Blue, True Blue, Violet-blue (Crayola) and Medium Slate Blue. A bit below you will find the most similar RAL, Pantone and Sherwin-Williams colors too.
The following list contains the conversion results of color #556edc to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.
rgb (85, 110, 220)
#556edc
hsl (228.9, 65.9%, 59.8%)
hsv (228.9, 61.4%, 86.3%)
lab (49.8, 24.5, -59.2)
xyz (22.2, 18.2, 70.1)
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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.
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Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #556edc 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 blue color to white. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.
This color scale contains similar colors to Cornflower Blue, United Nations Blue, Blue Bell, Glaucous, Maximum Blue Purple, Wild Blue Yonder, Lavender Blue, Periwinkle, Periwinkle (Crayola), Light Periwinkle, Lavender (Web), Ghost White and Pale Purple (Pantone).
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 blue color to black. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.
This color scale contains similar colors to Violet-blue, Liberty, YInMn Blue, Cerulean Blue, Dark Cornflower Blue, Dark Slate Blue, Yale Blue, St. Patrick's Blue, Space Cadet, Oxford Blue, Royal Blue (dark), Russian Violet, Eigengrau, Raisin Black, Rich Black (FOGRA29) and Eerie 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 pastel blue color to gray. The coldness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.
This color scale contains similar colors to Violet-blue (Crayola), Blue-violet (Crayola), Han Blue, Blue Yonder, Dark Blue-gray, Middle Blue Purple, Rhythm, Purple Mountain Majesty, Roman Silver, Sonic Silver and Old Lavender.
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, blue and magenta colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Indigo Dye, USAFA Blue, Blue Jeans, French Sky Blue, Cobalt Blue, Denim Blue, Maximum Blue Purple, Blue Bell, Patriarch, Purple (Web), Violet (Web) and Bright Lilac.
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 blue and yellow colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Royal Blue (light), Bluetiful, Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Middle Green Yellow and Citron.
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 blue, cyan, green and orange colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Royal Blue (light), Bluetiful, Blue-green (color Wheel), Brunswick Green, Mountain Meadow, Keppel, Kobe, Sienna, Mango Tango and Strawberry Blonde.
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 blue, rose, red, yellow and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Royal Blue (light), Bluetiful, Antique Ruby, Burgundy, Light Coral, Coral Pink, Army Green, Dark Moss Green, Middle Green Yellow, Citron, Deep Jungle Green, Warm Black, Maximum Blue Green and Verdigris.
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