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Description and conversion results of color #5b5551

It is a dark grayish orange color having an approximate luminance of 37%. It has a hue value of 24° indicating that this is a warm color.

 

Some of the most similar colors to this color are Davy's Grey, Umber, Dark Liver, Granite Gray, Dim Gray, Dark Lava, Taupe, Liver, Black Olive and Ebony. 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 #5b5551 to rgb, hexadecimal, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz colorspaces. Each format represents the same color.

rgb (91, 85, 81) #5b5551 hsl (24, 5.8%, 33.7%) hsv (24, 11%, 35.7%) lab (36.6, 1.6, 3.2) xyz (9, 9.3, 9.1)

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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 8600 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone 4230 CBUY PAINT >>
   Pantone Black UBUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 080 30 05BUY PAINT >>
   RAL D2 060 30 05BUY PAINT >>
   RAL 840-MBUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7645BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7048BUY PAINT >>
   Sherwin-Williams 7505BUY PAINT >>

Tints, shades and tones

Tints, shades and tones are generated from the base color by adding white, black and gray paint to #5b5551 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 grayish orange color to white. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets brigther and brighter.


This color scale contains similar colors to Gray (Web), Battleship Grey, Old Silver, Middle Grey, Spanish Gray, Quick Silver, Silver Chalice, Silver (Metallic), Silver, Gray (X11 Gray), Silver Sand, Pale Silver, Platinum, Gainsboro, Isabelline and Timberwolf.


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 grayish orange color to black. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets darker and darker.


This color scale contains similar colors to Black Olive, Jet, Dark Lava, Taupe, Onyx, Black Coffee, Eerie Black, Raisin Black, Black Chocolate, Smoky 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 grayish orange color to gray. The warmness of the color remains the same as it gets grayer and grayer.


This color scale contains similar colors to Davy's Grey, Dark Liver, Granite Gray, Umber and Dim Gray.

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 Dark Liver, Taupe, Silver Chalice, Silver (Metallic), Dark Lava, Quick Silver, Black Olive and Davy's Grey.


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 gray and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Nickel, Charcoal, Onyx, Silver Chalice and Quick Silver.


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 gray and cyan colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Nickel, Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Silver (Metallic), Silver Chalice, Black Olive, Outer Space (Crayola) 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 warm and cold colors. There are variants of gray and azure colors in the above items, which contain similar colors to Sonic Silver, Nickel, Black Olive, Onyx, Silver Chalice, Quick Silver, Charcoal, Dark Liver, Davy's Grey, Silver (Metallic) and Black Shadows.

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